Neighbors expressed fear after a ferocious "Pitbull" attacked a teenage girl and a takeaway delivery driver. did.
Armed police were then summoned to Morley Street in Rochdale on Friday night and the dog was shot dead by a police sniper.
According to neighbors, the aggressive animal roamed the streets for several hours before attacking a girl walking on the sidewalk with her two friends.
Manchester Her evening CCTV footage of her seen by the news shows a dog lunging just after crouching down to pet her teenage girl. increase.
As she turned and ran, her dog attacked her again and tumbled onto her sidewalk.
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The dog then attacked a pizza delivery driver as he got out of his car, neighbors said.
She fled home after being bitten on the calf.
The dog hid under a street caravan for about 45 minutes, after which he was shot dead on the doorstep of a terraced house just 20 yards from where the attack occurred.
A neighbor who had just parked his car when the first attack occurred said:
"Two teenage girls were walking down the street with a young lad. One of the girls tried to interact with it and started chasing her."
"I think that's when she collapsed. She was bleeding from her arms and legs and dropped her phone on the sidewalk.
" Then the delivery man stopped the car. He didn't realize there was a stray dog. It went straight for him. His brother was yelling "run away" and ran straight to the house across the street.
"The police came and tried to trick the dog out from under the caravan for about 45 minutes. The dog started walking towards the policewoman and she tased it. The dog started running and they just shot it.I've never seen anything like it.I've never seen a gun fired.It was miserable."[61]
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"At first I think they shot him with a taser. Then I heard another shot. It ran down the street trying to break into every house. He was limping."
``It was very noisy. She didn't stop crying. She was very scared."
Neighbors first spotted a black and gray dog roaming the streets around 7pm. said it was.
One resident said, "The police did a very professional job. They kept everyone indoors and gave the dogs enough time to calm down.
"It's a busy street here. We all sit outside at night and there are always children playing. If we had caught the children, the outcome could have been much worse."
Police said the dog was put down out of concern for the number of people in the area and the number of injuries. No one was seriously injured in the attack.
In a statement on Saturday, GMP said: Police were present and discovered that two civilians had been bitten by a dog that was behaving aggressively.
"Unfortunately, due to the nature of this incident, this dog Given the number of people in the area and the number of injured, they were killed humanely as a safety measure.The investigation is ongoing.No serious injuries have been reported."
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