Sydney man dead after suspected dog attack

A 23-year-old man has died after a suspected dog attack in Sydney’s south-west.

Police were called to the rural property on Badgally Road, Eschol Park at midday on Wednesday, following reports that a man’s body had been found with significant injuries.

Officers found the man, who isn’t believed to be a resident or worker at the property, in a paddock close to the road, a police source said. The property is more than 40 hectares in size.

Multiple dogs were on the property, and it is unknown whether they were registered or microchipped.

The injuries on the man’s body suggest he had been attacked by the dogs before his death.

Officers from Campbelltown Council are expected to be at the property on Friday morning as inquiries continue.

Staff at St Gregory’s College Campbelltown, the independent school beside the rural paddocks on Bagdally Road, were unaware of the suspected attack until Friday morning. A spokesperson for the school reported no unusual activity near the school on Wednesday.

A report of the man’s death will be prepared for the coroner.

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