Horrifying footage shows moment pack of dogs attacks boy on his way to play soccer

Nypost · Jun 05, 2026 · 315 words · By Natalie O'Neill

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Horrifying footage shows moment pack of dogs attacks boy on his way to play soccer See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Disturbing footage shows the moment a savage pack of nine vicious dogs attacked a young boy on his way to play soccer in Brazil — ripping off his clothes and gnawing at his legs as he screamed for help, his distraught mother said.

Common ground

The 11-year-old is shown walking with a friend down a rural street in Guarapuava on May 30, when the ruthless canines suddenly surround him apparently at random, surveillance footage shockingly shows.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “a savage pack of nine vicious dogs attacked a young boy on his way to play soccer in Brazil”

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Two independent web search results explicitly report that a pack of nine dogs attacked a young boy on his way to play soccer in Brazil.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... Disturbing footage shows the moment a savage pack of nine vicious dogs attacked a young boy on his way to play soccer in Brazil — ripping ...
https://nypost.com/2026/06/05/world-news/horrifying-footage-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... THIS is the horrifying moment an 11-year-old boy was savagely attacked by a pack of nine dogs while walking to play football with a friend.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16460440/boy-screams-attacked-p…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 7, 2026 ... A dog ran onto the pitch and halted play in Paraguay's final match ahead of the FIFA World Cup as they took on Nicaragua in Asuncion on ...
https://www.facebook.com/abc7chicago/posts/a-dog-ran-onto-th…

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Claim 2: “Cops are also investigating whether the owner may have mistreated the dogs.”

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The evidence provided discusses animal mistreatment investigations in West Bend, Cottage Grove, and Coney Island, but none of these relate to the dog owner in the Brazil/Guarapuava incident.

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web search NEUTRAL — A groomer in West Bend is under investigation for mistreating animals. It comes after a video of her handling a dog went viral. The Brief. West Bend police are investigating a dog groomer for animal m…
https://www.fox6now.com/news/west-bend-dog-groomer-under-inv…

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web search NEUTRAL — The investigation into Ryan's rescue started when police in Cottage Grove found eight dogs dead on the side of a road. Ryan told officers they died of parvo. She told WCCO a volunteer at the rescue li…
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/dog-rescue-owner-faci…

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web search NEUTRAL — The National Parks Board (NParks) has launched an investigation into an incident of alleged animal mistreatment at Coney Island Park after a video surfaced on social media showing a dog handler kickin…
https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2024/11/07/nparks-investiga…

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Claim 3: “The canines’ owner has been identified”

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The evidence provided mentions dog owners being identified in other unrelated attacks (e.g., June 15, 2026, and August 2, 2023), but does not provide evidence that the owner in the Guarapuava case has been identified.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 15, 2026 ... The dog's male owner pulled a gun and shot the animal after the two had been bitten, the department's statement added. The remains of the dog ...
https://www.facebook.com/RockyMountNCPoliceDepartment/posts/…

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 2, 2023 ... The dogs' owners were not home at the time of the attack, police said, but they have since been identified and contacted by police and ...
https://abc7ny.com/post/hawaii-dog-attack-dogs-kill-man-big-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 25, 2026 ... Officers have identified and made contact with the person and the dogs reported to have been involved in the attack. The dogs were identified ...
https://www.wcax.com/2026/06/25/12-year-old-drowns-after-bei…

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Claim 4: “The boy’s mother, Gisele Rocha de Oliveira, said the owner of the dogs passed by during the attack but did nothing to stop it.”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of unrelated articles about Dom Phillips, snakebites, and Brazilian actors. There is no mention of Gisele Rocha de Oliveira or the dog owner's behavior during the attack.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Brazilian actors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brazilian_actors

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ponta Grossa River is a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil. The Ponta Grossa River forms where the Ribeirão Pulador, which drains the Campinhos State Park, joins the Tigre River. The Ponta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponta_Grossa_River

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Páginas da Vida (English title: Chapters of Life) is a Portuguese telenovela produced by SP Television in collaboration with TV Globo and broadcast by SIC, simultaneously on Prime Video. It premiered …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Páginas_da_Vida_(Portuguese_TV…

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Claim 5: “the footage, which was posted by the UK Sun”

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The provided evidence for claim 3 includes general information about The Sun (UK) and unrelated dog attacks in Birmingham, but does not contain a specific source confirming that The Sun posted the footage of the Guarapuava attack.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Klara and the Sun is the eighth novel by the Japanese-British writer Kazuo Ishiguro, published on 2 March 2021. It is a dystopian science fiction story. Set in the U.S. in an unspecified future, the b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klara_and_the_Sun

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sun is the star located at the centre of the Solar System. It is a massive sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy from its surf…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sun is a British tabloid newspaper, published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corp. It was founded as a broadsheet in 1964 as a successor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)

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Claim 6: “The 11-year-old is shown walking with a friend down a rural street in Guarapuava on May 30”

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While Wikipedia confirms Guarapuava is a municipality in Brazil, the specific details of the event (11-year-old, walking with a friend, May 30) are not corroborated by the provided evidence snippets, which are mostly general city information or unrelated stories.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Guarapuava is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. It is the largest municipality in that state by area. Considered a regional development hub with a strong influence on neighboring munici…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarapuava

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marcelle Bittar de Almeida (born May 5, 1981), is a Brazilian model from Guarapuava, Paraná.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelle_Bittar

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2025. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, China, the Pampas, the European Plain, South …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornadoes_of_2025

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Claim 7: “surveillance footage shockingly shows”

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The web search results for claim 0 explicitly mention 'Horrifying footage shows' and 'THIS is the horrifying moment', confirming the existence of surveillance/video footage of the attack.

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web search NEUTRAL — Graphic dog attack videos: view dogfighting documentary, pit bull fighting and videos that show violent pit bull attacks on dogs, other animals and humans.
https://www.dogsbite.org/dangerous-dogs-pit-bull-attack-vide…

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web search NEUTRAL — In Guarapuava, Parana, pet owners will find a vibrant array of services tailored to their furry companions. The city's neighborhoods are home to a variety of grooming salons, where skilled professiona…
https://www.dogpackapp.com/services/brazil/parana/guarapuava

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web search NEUTRAL — The body-camera footage shows the moment that the woman, Marie Marseille, opens her door for the officers. Her two-year-old golden Saint Bernard doodle runs to the door and barks at the officers, whos…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/20/lapd-release…

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