A 50-year-old Irish man has died after being mauled by two dogs at a farm on Malaysia's Penang island, police said today.
Penang police chief Ayub Yaakob said the had walked onto the organic farm with his 28-year-old Polish girlfriend to take photos of its orchard when he was set upon by the dogs.
"They went there by themselves to the orchard, the owner was not there," he said. “The girlfriend was some distance away when suddenly the dogs attacked the victim, one of them in particular was very fierce so he got injured.
He said the woman called villagers in the area for help. By the time police arrived, the man was unconscious. "We are not sure whether he was already dead but he was sent to hospital and pronounced dead," he said.
The local Star newspaper said the man suffered multiple injuries and bites to his body.
The farm is located in Teluk Bahang, which lies on the northwestern tip of Penang island, one of Malaysia's premier tourism destinations.
AFP