A large dog had run loose and bit several people. When the outsider started calling the police, the owner started chasing him with the dog.
Woman on Monday afternoon let his large dog attack a stranger in Lahti. A dog bit a woman outside on the knee.
The planting took place in a residential area in the Kärpänen area of Lahti.
Before that, the dog had already run loose in the area and bit a child returning from school in the stomach. In addition, the dog had attacked another woman in the same yard area and bit her on the buttocks.
The child returning from school was of primary school age, says the senior constable Pertti Kiljunen From the Häme police situation center. There was a bite mark on the child’s stomach.
According to Kiljunen, the injuries caused by the dog bite did not require hospital treatment.
“The injuries were superficial. The schoolgirl’s skin had been pierced by two teeth, and the woman had a bleeding wound on her left buttock.”
Canine the owner is a woman under 30 years old. The attack took place after the woman caught the loose dog and an outside woman who came across the situation started calling the police.
Then the owner of the dog got angry and started chasing the woman who called the police with the dog. The woman let the dog attack the informant, and the dog bit him on the knee.
After that, the owner and the dog went inside the apartment.
When the patrol came to the scene, the owner of the dog started to rage against the police as well.
“He resisted the police officers physically. The woman strongly tried to prevent the dog from being taken away, and we had to take the owner away using force. We had to knock him to the ground and put handcuffs on him,” says Kiljunen.
Canine at this stage, the owner is suspected of abuse, injuries, failure to guard the animal and resisting an official.
The owner was taken to the police station on Monday to calm down.
The dog was taken to a rescue zoo in Lahti. There is no information about its fate yet.
“The dog will not be handed over to the owner until the police have made a decision about what will happen to the dog,” says Kiljunen.
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