A five-year-old boy’s penis was severed in a vicious attack from a blood-thirsty pit bull.The young boy was visiting relatives two weeks ago in Yonkers, New York, when the attack happened in an apartment where dogs over 25 pounds are banned.The dog has since been euthanized and the adults involved issued citations, according to the Rockland Journal News. The boy is still in the hospital.The victim was visiting his teen aunt when he tried to climb in bed with her and the pit bull, that’s when tragedy struck.The six-year-old mongrel attacked the innocent boy – ‘suffering severe bite wounds, lacerations and a severed penis,’ according to a criminal report cited by the Journal News.The boy was rushed to multiple local hospitals, and is still hospitalized but 'fine,' his mother told News 12.The arrest report cited by the paper says Ms Pettiford warned the young boy ‘multiple times not to approach the dog because the dog was dangerous.’She disputed the report, telling the paper the dog has never been vicious or shown signs of violence.It was at her apartment at her daughter’s request, she said, adding that ‘for the three days she was here, it was no problem.’Melissa Pettiford and Vernon Jackson, the father of the teen aunt, were each charged with misdemeanour having an unlicensed dangerous dog. Mr Jackson and the boy’s mother were also charged with allowing a dog to commit a nuisance.Mr Jackson is being held on $15,000 bail and faces up to one year in jail.The distraught Ms Jackson told the paper she never would have let the young victim near the dog had she known it would turn on him.‘It was a family accident,’ she added. ‘It’s very tragic.’(dailymail.co.uk)ANN.Az