Overview
- Police reports say the two-year-old briefly slipped from his parents’ view and entered a room where the chained dog was kept shortly after the family returned from shopping.
- Doctors at the General Hospital of Zakynthos attempted resuscitation but the child died from catastrophic head and neck injuries, according to hospital and union accounts.
- Local media report the parents were arrested and face manslaughter charges, with the mother receiving treatment for shock and the father speaking to police.
- Authorities and neighbors say the pit bull had been a stray found near the family home about two months earlier and was being sheltered by the couple.
- By prosecutor’s order, the dog is being held at a shelter, monitored by a veterinarian, and a five‑member panel from Patras will decide its fate.