Two suspected XL bully dogs were destroyed by armed police after an elderly man was attacked. Cheshire Police said an 84-year-old man was seriously hurt in an incident at an address on Bardsley Avenue, Warrington at about 18:00 GMT on Monday. A police spokesman said the victim was taken to Aintree hospital.

TWO XL Bully dogs have been shot 19 times as cops intervened an attack on a pensioner. Cops also seized a smaller dog after the victim was ferociously assaulted as he walked down a residential

Police were forced to shoot two XL bully dogs 19 times to put an end to a vicious attack on a pensioner. A 29-year-old woman has been arrested in connection to the incident at 6.40pm on Monday after an 84-year-old man was attacked by a dog while he was walking in Bardsley Avenue, Warrington.

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An 84-year-old pensioner was dragged into a garden and attacked by a dog believed to be an XL Bully. The dog had escaped from a nearby address and attacked the man on Bardsley Avenue, in Warrington, at around 6.40pm on Monday.

Banned XL bully dogs are known for their muscular power and size - now police have destroyed two after vicious attack on a passing pensioner.

Upon arrival, armed officers shot and killed the dog outside the property. A second suspected XL Bully was also killed inside the residence, and a third smaller dog was seized. Cheshire Police said firearms officers fired 19 shots at the dogs due to "the sheer size and ferocity of these animals".

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Armed police have shot dead two suspected XL Bully dogs after a vicious attack on an 84-year-old man in Warrington. Police say armed units responded on Monday, February 24, and unloaded 19 shots on their targets.

A man in his 80s has been seriously injured following an XL bully attack in Cheshire, police have said. Officers were called to reports of a dog attack at an address on Bardsley Avenue, Warrington, at around 6.