Animals
Man critically injured by dog bites
Police officers shot a dog that critically injured a man (symbolic image). photo
© Lino Mirgeler/dpa
A walker discovers an injured man in the forest in Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein. A dog bit him and then basically monitored him. The police shoot the animal.
A dog has a man in Schleswig-Holstein Geesthacht critically injured with bites. A walker discovered the injured man in a forest in the afternoon and alerted the police. The man was virtually guarded by the dog, the officials said.
Because the animal ran threateningly towards the police, it was shot. Only then could the man receive medical care. He was flown to hospital with life-threatening injuries. According to the police, the man’s identity was not yet clear.