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.

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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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

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.

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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".

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.