Overview
- A nine-year-old named Eva was bitten on Springthorpe Green in Pype Hayes, Erdington, at about 6:42 p.m. on Sunday, November 16, according to ambulance officials.
- Family and witnesses described two loose dogs at the scene, identified by them as 'XL Bully-types,' with no owner present when one latched onto the girl's left leg.
- Eva underwent surgery on Monday to close the wound and her mother says she will need further operations and physiotherapy, with numbness and flashbacks reported.
- Two men jumped from a car to help free her as neighbours assisted before paramedics took her to Birmingham Children’s Hospital and police arrived.
- West Midlands Police say enquiries are ongoing to find the dog and its owner and ask anyone with information to call 101 quoting log 3474 of 16 November, while the girl’s father relayed an unverified remark about other similar incidents that night.