A woman is seriously injured and has been rushed to hospital in a critical condition after a dog attack in Townsville suburb of Garbutt.
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00:00What we know so far is, as you said, a woman's been critically injured.
00:05We understand she's lost an arm in an attack at this suburban house pretty much just behind
00:10me about 7 o'clock this morning.
00:14Neighbours have told us they heard screaming and were told to stay inside.
00:18They saw ambulances and they say they saw a woman on the ground who was obviously very
00:23seriously injured.
00:25We understand, and neighbours have said, it was a dog at the actual property, so it belonged
00:29there.
00:30We were told it was some sort of either a Staffordshire cross or a pit bull.
00:35And neighbours have also said they've long had concerns about this very dog being a dangerous
00:41animal.
00:42We also know that police have shot dead the animal about 7 o'clock this morning and have
00:47been investigating.
00:48Well, losing an arm is a very serious injury.
00:52What else are police saying, Georgia?
00:55Look, police have been investigating all morning.
00:58We've seen them coming in and out of the property.
01:01Obviously we understand the investigation has happened because they had to use a firearm
01:05and shoot the dog.
01:07We understand that the woman's been taken to Townsville University Hospital where she's
01:12still in a very, very serious condition.
01:16People have really expressed a lot of shock and a lot of alarm at what has happened.