‘Dog attack’ leaves four-year-old and three others in hospital

Four people are in hospital after the brutal attack (Picture: Google Maps)

A four-year-old child and three adults have been injured in a suspected dog attack in Middlesbrough.

Emergency services were called to Marshall Avenue, in Brambles Farm, to reports of a Malinois dog attacking four people on Sunday afternoon.

A 15-year-old boy, a 34-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control, causing injury, and are being questioned in custody.

Officers seized the dog as part of the ongoing investigation.

The child and three adults have all received treatment in hospital for injuries that are not life-threatening.

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