A seven-year-old girl has been mauled to death by stray dogs as she walked home from a music lesson.

Little Margarita Kanorskaya, the daughter of a military officer decorated by Vladimir Putin, was ambushed on a narrow lane in Russia ’s TransBaikal region and had no way to escape.

One leg was torn off and her face was mutilated.

Items of the girl’s clothing including a red glove lay strewn in the snow.

Police had to drive away the dogs to get close to her body which had been dragged onto wasteland.

Pictures show the tragic girl’s funeral - attended by her classmates - which followed angry protests by residents of village Domna, some 20 miles southwest of regional capital Chita.

The young girl was mauled to death as she walked home from a music lesson (
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The girl was the only child of decorated air force pilot Major Anton Kanorsky, who was personally honoured by Vladimir Putin for bravery in Syria.

His wife, a teacher, was rushed to hospital from shock after the fatal attack on the child.

The village with a 6,300 population is home to a military base.

As anger erupted in the village over the alleged failure by officials to heed warnings about violent packs of dogs, region governor Alexander Osipov rushed to Domna to try and pacify locals.

“It is impossible to put our pain and grief into words,” he said.

An investigation has been launched into the tragedy (
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IC of Russian Federation /East2west News)

“On behalf of the whole region I express our support to all the child’s family. We will thoroughly investigate the tragedy.”

He warned that Russian laws do not allow local officials to rid communities of stray dogs.

Locals have responded with vigilante groups sent out to shoot the strays, say reports.

A shrine was made at the school where Margarita studied and her mother is a teacher.

A local woman in tears said: “What’s the difference now? Even if we take guns or sticks, it won’t bring this child back. She was their only daughter.”

Another local teacher said: “I’ve been crying all night long. I was myself attacked by several dogs.

“I was mauled, and luckily they didn’t touch the children walking back from school just beside me.”

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