Boy who died after going missing from remote NT community was mauled by dogs

Police say three-year-old's wounds were consistent with an animal attack'

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A young boy who died after going missing from a remote central Australian desert community was mauled during a horrific" dog attack, police say.

The three-year-old's family reported him missing on Friday evening after searching Hermannsburg, south-west of Alice Springs, for several hours.