A grandmother stabbed a dog to death after it attacked her granddaughter and tore her face apart.
The little girl, who is just three years old, had to undergo surgery after being left with serious injuries when she was ravaged by the animal at home in Como, in the province of Lipomo in Italy.
Both her nan and great-grandma intervened, and one of the women stabbed the mixed-breed hound - who was being looked after by a vet at the time of the incident.
