"Ayen died at the scene despite ambulance officers' attempts to revive her."
Her two cousins have also been injured - a five year old girl was bitten on the face, and a 30 year old was bitten on the hands and arms.
Ambulance officers failed to revive Ayen at the scene. Ayen's mother Jaclin Appok is being comforted by Sudanese community leaders while her father is in Sudan.
The incident occured while the family was living at the cousins' house after the family's own house had burned down.
Prepared using report "Girl dies, two injured in Vic dog attack", au.news.yahoo.com 18/8/11, http://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/latest/a/-/article/10062001/girl-dies-two-injured-in-vic-dog-attack, accessed 18/8/09. Photo from the source article where it is not attributed