An 86-year-old man died after being attacked by two Rottweilers while out for a morning walk in the Los Angeles County suburb of Norwalk over the weekend.

The attack took place about 6:45 a.m. Saturday in the area of 166th Street at Graystone Avenue, according to Lt. Steve De Jong of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau.

The elderly victim, described as a Norwalk resident, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital on Sunday morning, the lieutenant said. His identity was not yet released by coroner's officials.

He was walking west along 166th Street when he was approached and attacked by at least one of the two dogs, De Jong said.

The victim suffered bite wounds to his left arm, officials said. A major artery was severed.

Two bystanders intervened to help stop the

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