Chatham Dog Attack: Toddler ‘Critically Ill’ After Police Shoot Dog Dead

A young girl has suffered life-threatening injuries after being bitten by a dog in a children’s playground.

A man and a teenager have been arrested following the incident in the Jenkins Dale area of Chatham, Kent on Tuesday evening.

The child, believed to be aged one, is in a critical condition in a London hospital, and the dog was shot dead by police firearms officers. It is understood the animal was being walked off the lead outside the play area, before it vaulted over the fence.

One distraught witness told The Sun: “The baby’s head was being shaken in the dog’s mouth and it was covered in blood. It was the other children in the playground that managed to prise it from the dog.

“It was absolutely horrific and there were about six children, aged eight to twelve, covered in blood who witnessed it all.”

The force appealed to members of the public who may have footage of the incident to contact police and not to share it on social media.

Neighbours said they heard a shot fire

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Wow. Well done to those six children who helped, how incredibly brave of them.
Must have been horrific.