Enfield: Man injured in Albany Park dog attack

"No shots were fired and no force was used on the dog", the Met said

A man has been taken to hospital with arm injuries after he was attacked by a dog in north London.

The Met Police was called at 15:00 GMT on Sunday to reports of a dangerous dog in Albany Park, Enfield.

In a statement, the force said officers and armed police responded to the incident but "no shots were fired and no force was used on the dog".

The owner, a man in his 30s, restrained the dog before police arrived and it died at the scene, the Met said.

The force added the animal was believed to have been a type of American bulldog.

London Ambulance Service said paramedics were called at 15:03 to reports of an incident at Albany Park.

It said a man was treated for arm injuries and taken to a major trauma centre "as a priority".

Denise Kierstenson told BBC London she went over to the park to check on her children after one of them said there were a lot of police there.

She said she saw someone "on top of the dog and the police telling me to 'move away, the dog's dangerous'," so she went home with her children.

Ms Kierstenson said she later found out from a police officer the dog bit someone, and the officer told her the dog was "very dangerous".

"I was a bit worried, I wanted to know what was going on," she said, adding she now doesn't want her own dog - a Jack Russell - to be off the lead.

"There was a lot of police officers here yesterday, a lot. My boy is nine and has special needs and was really scared because he saw a policeman with a gun. He was really upset."

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