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| Eleven children injured in Blyth park dog attack | Eleven children injured in Blyth park dog attack |
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| Eleven children have been injured in a dog attack in a play park. | Eleven children have been injured in a dog attack in a play park. |
| The animal, believed to be a Staffordshire bull terrier, was restrained by a parent after biting the children at the park in Blyth, Northumberland. | |
| They suffered bite wounds as they remained trapped in the fenced-off play park, at about 18:30 BST on Wednesday. | They suffered bite wounds as they remained trapped in the fenced-off play park, at about 18:30 BST on Wednesday. |
| Nine were taken to hospital and treated for bite injuries, with a seven-year-old girl expected to need skin grafts. | |
| The father of one of the injured children managed to tie the dog to a fence with a cardigan, before police transported it to kennels. | The father of one of the injured children managed to tie the dog to a fence with a cardigan, before police transported it to kennels. |
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| Adam Mulvey, who lives next to the park, said: "I got a knock on the door from a little girl telling us that there were several children trapped in the park with the dog, and one of them was my little girl. | |
| "I could see her from the house and everyone else screaming, howling, it was just horrific." | |
| Mr Mulvey said he ran outside, saw the dog and sat on it, before tying it to the fence. | |
| "I'm a dog lover and it killed me to sit on it and hold its face to the ground. But it was a powerful dog - not a nice thing to happen," he said. | |
| "My daughter's seven and she's got to have an operation now. They're looking at the possibility of having to have skin grafts. | |
| "She's frightened of dogs now for the rest of her life and frightened of parks." | |
| A spokeswoman for Northumbria Police said officers were working to find the animal's owner, and remaining in the area to reassure people. |