The man was injured in the attack on Friday evening, but the owner left the scene before police arrived.
A man has been taken to hospital after being bitten by a suspected American XL bully dog in a south London park.
“The owner of the dog left the scene with the dog before officers arrived,” a Met spokesperson added.Earlier this evening an XL Bully jumped a fence and attacked a man in my local park. Partially witnessed by my son. Man was bitten badly in several places including his abdomen. Police and ambulance came, but it took an hour. Horrifying. The owner grabbed his dog and legged it.Writer and lawyer Ness Lyons said the attack happened in her local park.
Elsewhere, demonstrators rallied in central London on Saturday in opposition to the Prime Minister’s proposed American bully XL ban. Mr Sunak has promised to ban the breed under the Dangerous Dogs Act by the end of the year in response to a series of attacks, but owners of are not expected to face a cull of their pets.
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