ARMED police killed an XL Bully last night after he went on a rampage and mowed down four people.
Officers rushed to the scene in south-west London shortly after 10pm.
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Shocking footage captured bystanders frantically trying to fend off a thug in Battersea, south-west London, on Monday night.
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Emergency vehicles rush to the scene as citizens watch in horror
This was followed by a report that XL Bully “was dangerously out of control and attacking people” in Battersea.
Four men were rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries before officers shot the beast.
Shocking video shows bystanders frantically trying to fight off a gray hellhound on York Road.
They use a motorcycle helmet and clubs as they fail to dislodge the beast from what appears to be a person lying under the coat.
A bystander then smashes the bottle against the beast’s back as emergency vehicles rush to the scene.
The Met said a man (22) and a woman (21) were arrested on suspicion of being the owners/person in charge of a dangerously out-of-control dog.
Investigators are questioning the dog to confirm its breed.
Local MP Marsha de Cordova said she was “deeply concerned” when she heard the news of the attack.
A Met spokesman said: “Police were called to reports of a dog – described as an XL Bully – which was dangerously out of control and attacking people near Home Road, SW11.
“Due to the danger the dog posed to the public, armed officers attended.
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“After assessing the situation, the police officers made the difficult decision to destroy the dog and it was shot.
“Four men – all citizens – were taken to the hospital for treatment for injuries sustained during the dog attack.
Explanation of the Law on Dangerous Dogs
After eleven horrific attacks in 1991, Home Secretary Kenneth Baker vowed to “rid the country of the menace of these fighting dogs” by introducing the Dangerous Dogs Act.
The law is often seen as controversial because it focuses on a dog’s breed or appearance rather than the behavior of an individual dog and fails to stop the rise in dog attacks.
According to the RSPCA, more than a third of people killed by dogs since the law was passed have been attacked by legal breeds.
“None of their injuries are life-threatening.”
A spokesman for London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 10:04 yesterday evening (March 18) to reports of a dog attack in York Road, SW11.
“We sent resources to the scene, including emergency crews and a clinical manager.
“We treated four patients at the scene before transporting them to two separate hospitals. One patient also went to the hospital before our arrival.”
XL thugs were banned in England and Wales on February 1st.
Fatal XL Bully attacks
Ian “Scouse” Langley, 54, was protecting his puppy when the animal pounced on him outside his home in Sunderland in October 2023.
Ian Price (52) was viciously mauled by the beasts in September 2023 as he tried to protect his elderly mother from them after they escaped.
Jonathan Hogg, 37, was killed in May 2023. He walked into the dog’s pen when it came towards him, leaving bite wounds on his arm, leg and head.
Natasha Johnston, 28, was mauled to death while walking a pack of dogs in January 2023. She is believed to have been killed by her own pet – American Bully XL.
Shirley Patrick, 83, died 17 days after she was mauled to death in a “hellish”, violent dog attack in December 2022.
Ian Symes, 34, known as “Wiggy” by friends, died at a recreation ground in Fareham, Hampshire, after the savage attack in August 2022.
Joanne Robinson, 43, was fatally injured by pet Rocco at her home in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, in July 2022.
Keven Jones, 62, went into cardiac arrest after being bitten by Cookie-Doe at Chanel Fong’s home in Wrexham, North Wales in May 2022.
Bella-Rae Birch, one, was beaten to death in her home in March 2022 by American thug XL.
Jack Lee, 10, was killed by a bulky XL Bully dog named Beast in November 2021 while playing at a friend’s home in Caerphilly.
It came after they were believed to be behind 20 per cent of dog attacks in 2023.
Owning an XL Bully dog without an exemption certificate is now a criminal offence.
It is illegal in England and Wales to breed, sell, advertise, barter, give away, rehome, abandon or allow XL Bully dogs to roam.
Esther Martin, 68, is the latest person to be fatally attacked by the breed – days after the ban came into force.
She was killed by two XL Bullies owned by her son-in-law, Ashley Warren, 39, who had pleaded for the breed to be banned.
Warren, from Jaywick, Essex, said: “If my dogs did this to her and I’ve seen nothing but love from them, then that breed just has a kill switch.
“I honestly thought the ban was a stupid government plan to exterminate a breed from which I had never seen anything but softness and love.
“Now I think they should be wiped out.”
Anyone with information can call police on 101 or contact police via X @MetCC quoting reference CAD7620/19Mar.
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