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LOOK FOR UPDATES AS THIS STORY DEVELOPS HERE ON WYFF NEWS 4. CAROL TONIGHT, A COUPLE IS : RECOVERING AFTER GREENVILLE POLICE SAY THEY WERE ATTACKED BY TWO DOGS. POLICE AND GREENVILLE COUNTY ANIMAL CARE CONFIRM THE DOGS WERE PIT BULLS. THEY SAY THE ATTACK WAS REPORTED AROUND 10:00 THIS MORNING IN THE TRESCOTT AND WASHINGTON STREETS AREA. POLICE SAY THE COUPLE WAS WALKING A FAMILY MEMBER’S DOG WHEN THEY SAW THE DOGS COMING AT THEM. POLICE SAY THE PIT BULLS ATTACKED THE WOMAN. OFFICIALS SAY THE WOMAN SUFFERED A SEVERE INJURY TO HER ARM. THE COUPLE’S DAUGHTER POSTED TO FACEBOOK SAYING HER MOTHER IS , STILL IN THE HOSPITAL AND THE DOG THEY WERE WALKING PASSED AWAY AFTER THE ATTACK. ANIMAL CONTROL CAPTURED THE TWO PITBULLS. OFFICIALS SAY THE DOGS WERE EUTHANIZED THIS AFTERNOON.

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A dog has died and a couple was injured after they were attacked by two pit bulls while walking their daughter and son-in-law's dog in Greenville, police say. Donnie Porter, with Greenville police, said the attack was reported around 10 a.m. Thursday in the Trescott and Washington streets area. He said when the couple saw the two pit bulls coming at them, the woman picked up the dog they were walking. Police described the couple as "elderly," but WYFF News 4 has learned the woman is 66 and the man is 70.Porter said the pit bulls attacked the woman causing a severe injury to her arm and also severely injuring the dog. He said when the woman’s husband tried to defend her, he was injured on both hands.The couple's daughter said the dog clamped down on her mother's upper arm, and would not let go, even when her father punched it until it was on its back on the ground. The husband and wife were taken to a medical facility and the dog was taken to a veterinarian.The woman's upper arm was torn apart by the bite, as shown in pictures too disturbing to post. The daughter said it took doctors more than an hour, using many internal and external stitches to close the wounds. Doctors are still concerned about the risk of infection.The dog's injuries were too serious for him to be saved, the daughter said.Animal control officers took both pit bulls into custody, Porter said. The dogs were quarantined at Greenville County Animal Care because neither was wearing a rabies tags, he said. The dogs were euthanized Thursday afternoon. Greenville police are working to contact the owners. Porter said charges are pending in the attack.