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The father of a 3-year-old boy from Henneman whose family dog attacked his child says he has no idea why the Rottweiler did it.
Francois Slabbert, 30, a well-known photographer, shot the dog after the attack on Tuesday morning.
Slabbert was on his way to Ventersburg to take their 1-year-old daughter Liné to the doctor when one of their workers called him to tell him what happened.
Slabbert said he was in shock and shot the dog because he was scared that it would attack one of the workers too.
Slabbert said the boy, Marco, was mainly bitten on the head and his scalp was torn off. He was due to go into surgery on Tuesday in the Mediclinic Welkom to clean the wound and reattach his scalp.