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BRITISH WOMAN BITTEN TO DEATH BY STAY DOGS

Tue, Nov 27 2007 20:24 CET

byRene Beekman

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Fifty-six-year old Ann Gordon has been bitten to death in the village of Nedyalsko by eight stray dogs on November 27.

The woman was walking her own dog when the attack happened, the dog was said to have run away.

Gordon, who was a British citizen, had lived in the village for close to two years, regional police spokesperson Katya Nyagolova said.

The attack happened on November 27, in the afternoon. The women had been so badly bitten that she had already died when the ambulance arrived, Focus news agency said.

Mayor of Straldja, Mitko Andonov, said "we are waiting for a team from Yambol to arrive, to catch the dogs that killed 56-year old British citizen Ann Gordon." According to him, this would happen the same evening.

"Information we have, tells us the dogs were stray dogs," Andonov said.

The woman lived in the the village with her husband, who was said to be a disabled person, for whom she cared.

The village of Nedyalsko is in the municipality of Straldja, which is part of the region of Yambol.

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