THAILAND - Two Rottweilers of a Dutch man mauled his two-year-old half Thai daughter to death early Thursday morning, police said.

The girl, Romklao Ploo, was attacked and killed inside her house compound in Nakhon Ratchasima's Muang district at 1 am.

The mother, Jintana Ploo, 42, was severely injured when trying to save her daughter from the two dogs.

She told police that she put down her daughter on the floor to unlock the front door of her house and the dogs jumped on the girl.

She said her Dutch husband raised the two dogs to guard the house after burglars broke in several times.

The husband is mostly working in Holland and visits her and daughter once in a while, she said. --The Nation