ATTACK Officials first used a stun gun to incapacitate the animal
Illustration of an American Staffordshire Terrier. — Dendoktoor/Pixabay
The police officers of the canine brigade of Rouen (Seine-Maritime) fired; on an American Staffordshire who had just attacked their dog, on Saturday night at last Sunday. The facts took place around 2 a.m. during the arrest of a 29-year-old man who was in the street with a .22 long rifle; reports France Bleu Normandie.
The injured dog; shot and flees
The hound, which allegedly belongs to the suspect, was “neither muzzled nor tied up;” and would have risen threatening, police said. An official used his pistol electrical impulse to neutralize it. But then the animal would have jumped. around the neck of the canine squad dog before biting it the paw. A police officer then opened fire and wounded the American Staffordshire in the thigh.
The mastiff fled and had not been found this Monday morning, according to local radio information. Its owner was “placed on guard at; seen for possession of a prohibited weapon” The police dog, for its part, was supported by a veterinarian.