Boy, 10, needs stitches after being mauled by out-of-control dog outside his Walsall home
A 10-year-old boy was left needing stitches after being mauled by an out-of-control dog outside his Walsall home.
The boy was playing football in front of his home in Bentley Drive on Wednesday evening when he was pounced on by the animal who knocked him to the ground.
It is one of a number of dog-related incidents in the region over the last week.
A man has died after being attacked by two dogs understood to be XL Bullys in Stonnall yesterday and an 11-year-old girl suffered bite wounds after being pounced on by an XL Bully in Bordesley Green on Saturday.
West Midlands Police said a 60-year-old woman had been arrested and released with a caution following the dog attack in Walsall, while the animal is to be "humanly destroyed".
The boy's father, Gohar Siddique, has since released CCTV footage of the incident in order to raise awareness, and has urged dog owners to keep their pets under control.
The footage shows the schoolboy kicking a football towards his house before he is leaped on by the dog and knocked to the ground.
