A 29-year-old woman has been held on suspicion of having a dog that was dangerously out of control, causing serious injury, after the attack on Monday evening, Cheshire Constabulary said.

The 84-year-old man was walking when he was attacked by a dog that had escaped from a nearby property, dragged into a garden and attacked. | ITV News Granada

A man in his 80s has been seriously injured following reports of a dog attack in Cheshire, police have said. Officers were called to reports of a dog attack at an address on Bardsley Avenue, Warrington, at around 6.40pm on Monday, Cheshire Constabulary said.

A pensioner has been seriously injured after being attacked by XL bully dogs. Cheshire Police said they were called at 6.40pm yesterday to Bardsley Avenue, Warrington, where they found the man, 84, seriously injured at the scene.

Police, including armed officers found an 84-year-old man had suffered serious injuries. Two dogs were destroyed at the scene. | ITV News Granada

Armed officers shot and killed the dog, as well as a second suspected XL bully that was found at the address, and arrested a 29-year-old woman on suspicion of being in possession of a dog dangerously out of control causing serious injury.

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.