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MONTREAL — A 55-year-old Montreal woman is dead after apparently being attacked by a neighbour’s dog.

Police responding to a 911 call at about 5 p.m. Wednesday found the woman’s body in the backyard of her home in the east-end district of Pointe-aux-Trembles.

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Police said the dog, which appeared to be a pit bull, was standing by the body and acting aggressively. It was shot and killed by officers to allow paramedics to approach the woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim’s neighbour, Farid Benzenati, told CBC he noticed movement next door when he arrived home from work around 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

“I saw a big dog that appeared to be playing with a large object. I looked closer and saw that the object was really big,” he said. “That’s when I saw hair… It was hard to see, but I knew it was a woman’s body.”

“I saw blood, and the dog was still attacking her,” he said.

That’s when Benzenati ran back inside to call police, but it was too late to help the woman.