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Dog attack tears boy 'to bits' after playing in garden
SHOCKING pictures show a seven-year-old Yorkshire boy who was rushed to hospital for plastic surgery following a vicious dog attack last month.
Freddie Turner was playing with friends in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, when a dog entered the garden and attacked on Wednesday, April 20. The young boy was then rushed to hospital for puncture wounds he suffered during the attack and is now recovering.
The boy’s father told Yorkshire Live that although Freddie was recovering physically, he was still suffering from the mental anguish brought on by the attack.
He said: “He keeps reliving it, and if he sees a big dog he tries to hide.”
“It chased them around the front garden, so they’ve run into the back garden to go into the back of the property, and the dog jumped up and grabbed hold of Freddie and pulled him into the middle of the garden and tried tearing him to bits."
Freddie’s eight-year-old sister then called their parents screaming, when their father arrived, he found Freddie “bleeding on the floor”.
He added: "He had to have plastic surgery. He had a lot of puncture wounds to his shoulder and his chest and his back, and he had a big cut underneath his arm which needed stitching back up."
Freddie is believed to have been one of many victims attacked by the same dog. A 62-year-old man was reportedly bitten and police received a report that a person had been injured by a dog nearly a week after the attack.
West Yorkshire police have said the dog was described as an Alsatian and two males had reportedly taken the dog after the attack.
Inquiries were being made to identify the owner of the dog.
