Moment schoolboy is pinned to the ground by muscular ‘pitbull-type’ dog in park as owner battles to pull hound off

THIS is the horrifying infinitesimal a schoolboy is pinned to the crushed and savaged by a “pitbull-type” canine arsenic the proprietor battles to propulsion the hound off.

Disturbing footage showed however Abdul Waheed Akhtar, 14, had desperately fought the muscular canine arsenic it tore into him connected Monday.

He was past rushed to infirmary with nasty puncture marks and humor pouring from his arms wherever helium has since undergone country to his limbs.

Abdul's dad, Nadeem Akhtar, 45, said the lad was successful Queens Park successful Bolton, Greater Manchester, with relatives erstwhile a mates began throwing a instrumentality for the achromatic dog.

But helium said erstwhile the brace tossed the portion of wood towards the household group, the dog past ran astatine Waheed and dragged him to the floor.

He lone escaped further wounded erstwhile a pistillate - believed to beryllium 1 of the dog's owners - managed to propulsion it disconnected him arsenic helium struggled connected the ground.

Nadeem said his lad had regularly burst into tears pursuing the traumatising incidental and present struggled to sleep properly.

The dada of six, who works arsenic a taxi driver, said: "The different kids were crying, determination was humor everywhere.

"It was awful, my lad was shaking with fearfulness due to the fact that helium had to combat with the dog.

"He had an cognition connected Wednesday, he's inactive successful the hospital.

"But helium doesn't sleep, helium doesn't privation to spell outside. He's conscionable crying each the time. When helium sees maine and his mum, he's conscionable crying each the time.

"He's been truly affected by this. He says helium doesn't privation to spell to school, helium conscionable wants to enactment in."

Nadeem said helium was astatine enactment erstwhile the incidental unfolded arsenic Abdul and his cousins were enjoying the mild autumn weather successful the parkland adjacent his home.

But their bid was disturbed erstwhile the antheral and pistillate with the canine past began to caput successful their direction.

He said: "I was moving astatine the time, I'm a taxi driver. My lad was playing successful the parkland with his cousins. There were 3 oregon 4 lads.

"They said they were conscionable lasting successful the parkland and the mates came with the dog, and they were throwing a instrumentality to the dog, it was moving astir and grabbing that.

"Then they threw the stick, a agelong stick, towards them. The canine ran towards them and his friends ran off.

"The canine grabbed him successful the backmost and helium fell connected the floor, and the canine jumped connected him. It was biting everywhere, but the main injuries were to his arms."

Disturbing photos taken aft Abdul reached the infirmary showed however helium was near with a heavy puncture coiled connected the broadside of his near arm.

Nadeem said doctors privation to support his lad nether supervision for the remainder of the week.

And helium worries for the information of different children who play successful the usually family-friendly park.

He said: "A batch of kids play successful that park, truthful I'm disquieted it could hap again.

"I don't privation different people's kids to beryllium shaking and crying aft being attacked."

Greater Manchester Police said they are presently hunting the canine and its proprietor and person spoken to Adbul astir his experience.

A spokesperson said: "There is an progressive investigation ongoing and enactment is being undertook to find the canine and its owner/s.

"The incidental happened astatine 3.50pm connected Monday 28 October 2024 connected Park Lodge, Bolton.

"We attended the infirmary and took a connection from the unfortunate the aforesaid time the incidental took spot and an serviceman has been assigned the lawsuit and is moving done it."