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Man arrested after girl mauled in Chingford dog attack | |
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A 56-year-old man has been arrested after a dog bit off a six-year-old girl's ear in north-east London. | |
The girl also suffered injuries to her neck and shoulder and has undergone plastic surgery at a hospital in Essex. | |
The attack took place at Pole Hill, Woodberry Way, Chingford, at 12:00 GMT on Saturday in front of her parents. | |
The man is being questioned on suspicion of allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control in public. Officers have also seized the dog. | |
Police said the man had been arrested after handing himself in at Chingford police station. | |
'Hold it tight' | 'Hold it tight' |
Det Sgt Stuart Cheek, of Metropolitan Police, said the child was in the park with her parents and a younger brother when the dog - believed to be a black and white bull terrier - attacked her. | |
He said: "This was an appalling incident that left a young child with serious injuries which are likely to scar her for life." | |
Terrence Lundy, who arrived at the park just after the girl was attacked, said he offered to help. | |
"[The woman] said my daughter's ear's bitten off and I took all the handkerchiefs out of my pocket, because I always keep handkerchiefs, and I said put that on her ear and hold it tight," he said. | |
Mr Lundy said he had been coming to the park for two years since he moved to the area and he had never seen a bull terrier-type dog. | |
Police have urged people who may have seen the attack or noticed anything which could help with the investigation to come forward. | |