A 37-year-old woman has been arrested after her Staffordshire bull terrier bit 11 children playing at a park in Blyth, Northumberland. The attack happened at 6.30pm on Wednesday, according to Northumbria Police. Sunderland Echo reports: The terrier was caught and taken to secure kennels while attempts were made to find the owner. A force spokesman said the woman was arrested on suspicion of having a dog dangerously out of control. Fiona Richards, 33, who lives opposite the park, said her husband Brett helped restrain the dog after her daughter had run into the house screaming she had been bitten. “We were indoors and she came screaming through the door saying that she had been bitten,” she said. “She said the dog was still biting people, so we told her to stay at the door and we ran over. “My husband went straight in and there was already a dad in there trying to lift the kids out of harm’s way. “The dog was running around super-fast biting every kid in there, I saw it grab a little one by the shoulder. “It was bedlam, they were all screaming and there were loads of kids as it’s a new park.” Eventually [...]
