An 11-year-old boy was killed in a dog attack at a residence in south Edmonton just before 8 p.m. Monday.
Edmonton police are investigating.
They say it happened near 82nd Street and 11th Avenue SW.
When officers arrived, they found a “severely injured 11-year-old boy who had been attacked by two very large dogs.”
They tried to save him, but the boy was declared dead.
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The two dogs were seized by Animal Control Peace Officers, police said.
Police did not reveal the breed of dog.
It’s believed the dogs belong to a person who lives at the residence the child was visiting, Edmonton police said in a news release Tuesday afternoon.
An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.
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