Three dogs shot dead by police after mauling woman in Melbourne backyard

Woman taken to hospital in a critical condition after being attacked by the dogs

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Three dogs have been shot dead by police who were trying to save a woman being mauled in a Melbourne backyard.

Police were called to Ross Street at Dandenong in the city’s outer southeast about 10am on Thursday, where the woman was being attacked by the dogs in a backyard.