Child, five, suffers life-changing injuries in dog attack
A five-year-old child has been left with life-changing injuries following a dog attack.
Police were called to reports of a dog bite at an address in Broad Lane, Rochdale, around 2.40pm on Friday, February 11.
The child was taken to hospital with serious injuries that are thought to be life-changing.
Police said the dog was ‘safely recovered’, no arrests have been made and enquiries into the incident are continuing.
Witnesses described seeing an air ambulance land on nearby Balderstone Park on Sunday afternoon and police cars parked close to the address where the attack happened.
In a statement, a Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said: ‘On Sunday 11 February 2024, at around 2.40pm, officers were called to reports of a dog bite at an address on Broad Lane, Rochdale.
‘A five-year-old child received serious injuries that required hospital treatment, with these injuries thought to be life-changing.
‘The dog was safely recovered by specialist police officers. No arrests have been made at present and enquiries are ongoing at this stage.’
The attack comes just six days after an eight-year-old boy was seriously hurt by a XL Bully in Bootle, Merseyside.
The boy was discovered with head injuries in the communal area of some flats.
A man and woman, neither related to the victim, were arrested at the scene.
The following day, Amanda Young, 49, and Lewis Young, 30, both of Bootle, were charged with being a person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and causing injury.
Grandmother Esther Martin, 68, was killed by an XL bully dog earlier this month in Jaywick, Essex.
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