The dog was shot at the scene 'to ensure the safety of the public', Northumbria Police said
Are there more Tube strikes? What we know about the walkouts after this week's dates cancelledPolice activity on Maple Terrace in Shiney Row near Sunderland, where a man in his 50s was fatally attacked by a dog Tuesday evening said they saw paramedics working on the man’s badly injured throat after the attack in Maple Terrace at around 6.55pm on Tuesday.
The dog was shot by police at the scene “to ensure the safety of the public”, the force said, adding: “While further assessment will be carried out, officers believe the dog to be an XL Bully breed.” Police ‘officers will remain in the area to offer reassurance and carry out enquiries’ “I would like to reassure the wider community that there is no ongoing risk to them, and officers will remain in the area to offer reassurance and carry out enquiries.
Police responded in large numbers and officers told residents to go inside. She told the PA news agency: “We were told ‘go in, shut your doors’ and then I heard the gun shot.” “I have seen the two dogs before, they are well known in the area, an older one and a younger one. They shot the older one in the yard.”ban American XL Bully dogs
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