A woman is fighting for life after she was attacked by three dogs in a backyard.
Emergency services were called to a house on Ross Street in Dandenong, Melbourne’s southeast, just before 10am on Thursday.
Police attempted to break up the attack by using capsicum spray on the animals but the dogs continued mauling the woman, aged in her 20s, and had to be shot dead.
The woman remains in a critical condition at the Dandenong Hospital and police are investigating.
Meanwhile, a shirtless man was arrested at the property but Victoria Police told Daily Mail the arrest was unrelated to the dog attack. No further information was available.
A neighbour who lives on the same street said there were five dogs in total at the government housing property.
It’s understood the woman lives at the home with several others.
‘I was just walking home and there was lots of yelling and screaming,’ the neighbour told Daily Mail .
‘Then police came and you just heard gunshots. I saw the lady getting put into the ambulance and she was in a very bad way.’
The neighbour said the woman appeared to be unconscious.
He claimed the remaining dogs at the property are aggressive and added he often felt nervous walking his own dog past the house.
Photos captured by Seven News appear to show the bodies of the three dogs who were killed in the backyard.
The breeds of the dogs are believed to be two American bulldogs and a pit bull, Nine News reported.
Investigations continue.
More to come