Shocking moment boy, 10, mauled by out-of-control dog in horror attack as he played outside home
THIS is the shocking moment a 10-year-old boy was mauled by a an out-of-control dog in a horror attack as he played outside his home.
The youngster was kicking around a football in his family’s front drive in Walsall on Wednesday when the beast came out of nowhere and leapt on him.
He was knocked to the ground, with the hound sinking its teeth into his arms and legs.
Two women rushed to help the boy – but a minute went by before they were able to prise the dog off him with help from a passing cab driver.
An even younger boy wandered out to the front drive to see what was happening – before the women screamed at him to go back inside.
The boy needed hospital treatment – with pics shared by his family showing blood-soaked bandages and deep bites along his arms.
His dad Gohar Siddique, 36, who was at work during the two-minute attack, shared the clip to warn people about dangerous dogs.
A woman in her sixties was arrested on suspicion of owning an out-of-control dangerous dog – which has now been put down.
Gohar told BirminghamLive: “I just want to make sure this doesn’t happen to other people.
“This should not be happening to young children.
“If my two-year-old son was outside he would not be alive. My older son was brave.
“When you see the video you feel terrible.”
West Midlands Police said: “We were called to Bentley Drive in Walsall on Wednesday, September 13, to reports of a disorder and that a child had been bitten by a dog.
“The ten-year-old was taken to hospital to be treated for bite marks on his arm.
“The dog was seized from the location. We believe the dog managed to get out of its address without the owner knowing.
“On Thursday, September 14, we arrested a woman in her sixties on suspicion of possession of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury.
“She has since been released with a caution and has given up the dog to be humanely destroyed.”