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| Dog killed after attacking child | Dog killed after attacking child |
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| Terrified residents have told how a savage dog dragged an 18-month-old baby along before a bus driver intervened. | Terrified residents have told how a savage dog dragged an 18-month-old baby along before a bus driver intervened. |
| The dog, said to be called Asbo, bit four people in Mitcham, south London, on Wednesday before being shot dead. | |
| The bull terrier, which had escaped from a garden, bit the child before attacking the bus driver. It then bit a 50-year-old woman and a fourth person. | The bull terrier, which had escaped from a garden, bit the child before attacking the bus driver. It then bit a 50-year-old woman and a fourth person. |
| A woman, 29, was arrested for having a dog dangerously out of control. The bite victims were taken to hospital. | A woman, 29, was arrested for having a dog dangerously out of control. The bite victims were taken to hospital. |
| Jackie Haggis, a 38-year-old foster carer from Tavistock Crescent, Mitcham, witnessed the attack from her house, which was only 15 yards away. | Jackie Haggis, a 38-year-old foster carer from Tavistock Crescent, Mitcham, witnessed the attack from her house, which was only 15 yards away. |
| She said: "I had just done the vacuuming and I sat on the bed with the laptop and heard a load of noise outside. | She said: "I had just done the vacuuming and I sat on the bed with the laptop and heard a load of noise outside. |
| "The noise became louder and turned into screaming and shouting, and I looked out of the window and saw a group of men on the grass outside my window. | "The noise became louder and turned into screaming and shouting, and I looked out of the window and saw a group of men on the grass outside my window. |
| It was a crazy, mad dog. It wanted to attack everything and everyone Eyewitness Oliver Davis | It was a crazy, mad dog. It wanted to attack everything and everyone Eyewitness Oliver Davis |
| "Then I saw the dog with a baby in its mouth. It dragged the baby about 60 yards across the green. | "Then I saw the dog with a baby in its mouth. It dragged the baby about 60 yards across the green. |
| "The men were trying to hit the dog with a fire extinguisher from a bus and with sticks but it wouldn't let go. | "The men were trying to hit the dog with a fire extinguisher from a bus and with sticks but it wouldn't let go. |
| "Eventually a man came on to the green in a pickup truck and tried to run the dog over but it didn't succeed. | "Eventually a man came on to the green in a pickup truck and tried to run the dog over but it didn't succeed. |
| "The dog went berserk and started chasing the man in the truck down the road. | "The dog went berserk and started chasing the man in the truck down the road. |
| "It was going absolutely wild." | "It was going absolutely wild." |
| She added: "We heard about five shots about two hours later, which was when the dog was killed." | She added: "We heard about five shots about two hours later, which was when the dog was killed." |
| Another eyewitness, Oliver Davis, a martial arts teacher from Yorkshire Road, Mitcham, said: "As I was coming across the road with my two children I saw the dog dragging the child across the grass on the common. | Another eyewitness, Oliver Davis, a martial arts teacher from Yorkshire Road, Mitcham, said: "As I was coming across the road with my two children I saw the dog dragging the child across the grass on the common. |
| "There were four or five people trying to help but the dog was just turning on them. | "There were four or five people trying to help but the dog was just turning on them. |
| "It was a crazy, mad dog. It wanted to attack everything and everyone." | "It was a crazy, mad dog. It wanted to attack everything and everyone." |