Great fear for a 43-year-old resident of Andria , in the Bari area, attacked yesterday by his pitbull .

The man was with the dog in his apartment when suddenly the pit bull, it is still not clear for what reason, pounced on him, biting his arms and other parts of the body .

The 43-year-old, despite his injuries, managed to reach the balcony and ask for help . Together with the 118 personnel, the firefighters, the carabinieri and local police officers intervened on site.

The man, lowered from the balcony with a stretcher and the help of a fire engine, was first taken under code red to the emergency room of the Bonomo hospital in Andria. Then he was transferred to the plastic surgery department of the Bari polyclinic. For him, wounds judged to be healable in 30 days .

The dog, however, was sedated by the veterinarians of ASL Bat (Barletta Andria Trani) and taken to a safe place.

(Unioneonline/vl)

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