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Horrified witnesses have described the moment they heard 'screams' as a 12-year-old boy was viciously attacked by an 'aggressive' dog in Oldham on Sunday (October 22).
Police and paramedics descended on Meldrum Street and Villa Road at around 11.30am to reports of a dog attack. The child was rushed to hospital with serious injuries that are described as life-changing, with another woman, 31, also left injured amid the chaos.
An eyewitness who rang 999 and alerted the emergency services to the incident said the dog had followed the boy, who was on his bike at the time, and that he heard screaming as it began 'jumping all over him' and 'gripped onto his arm.'
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Anj, 31, told the M.E.N: "The kid came from behind our house. He was on his bike and came down the road and the dog was following him. I thought it was his own dog at first; I took my eyes off them for a second but then I heard screaming and when I looked over, it was jumping all over him.
"It was an aggressive dog and he was only a little kid. He got off his bike because the dog was jumping at him. The kid was screaming and when I looked back at it, the dog had knocked him down and was dragging him on the floor. It was gripped onto him by his arm, his wrist.
Anj said the dog was 'pumped up and aggressive', with horrified locals rushing over with broomsticks to try and scare the dog away before it then began chasing after other members of the public.
"He was screaming. People came out, the locals. People had broomsticks and things like that trying to fend the
The family of a mum whose body was dumped 'like rubbish' by a callous couple who found her dead have spoken of their heartbreak. Kerry Newman, 40, was discovered lifeless at a flat in Rochdale by 'evil' couple Melanie Bullen and Robert Halliwell.
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