SC woman loses part of arm in pit bull attack

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A North Charleston woman is recovering after a pit bull attacked her, causing her to lose part of her arm.

Area media outlets report that 48-year-old Katherine Rizk was attacked late Sunday at her home and is in the intensive care unit of the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital in Charleston.

Mahmoud Rizk tells The Post and Courier of Charleston (http://bit.ly/1IoKNeF) that his wife had to have her left arm amputated from the elbow down.

He says he had had the dog for three years and it had never attacked anyone. He says the dog had been cut earlier Sunday and thinks the dog attacked after his wife pressed on the wound while petting the animal.

The dog was euthanized Monday.