A five-year-old boy savagely attacked by an XL Bully had “half his scalp” ripped off during the horrific attack.
The terrifying incident happened at a derelict house which locals say is a notorious drug den in Hull, East Yorkshire, on Bank Holiday Monday.
Security cameras from a neighboring home show the mother and her son entering the property with another man, said to be a local drug dealer. Seconds later, blood-curdling screams can be heard off-camera coming from the house.
The mother is then heard calling for an ambulance as she emerges crying on the street with her son in her arms before a stranger offers to transport the child to the hospital.
The young man is now receiving treatment after the savage attack that left him “with half of his scalp torn off.” Family friends say the boy is lucky to be alive thanks to three men who took the dog from him.
Police later arrive at the property to detain the out-of-control dog as the owner, dressed in a black blouse and gray pants, begs officers to allow him to muzzle the animal.
The attack in Hull comes just hours before another boy, aged 15, was savagely attacked by an XL Bully in Caerphilly, South Wales, just a few miles from two previous fatal XL Bully attacks in the town.
This is the moment a boy and his mother are seen entering a house in Hull, with another man said to be a local drug dealer, before a horrific attack by XL Bully.
The mother is later heard asking for an ambulance as she leaves the house crying in the street with her son in her arms.
The woman is then seen speaking to a passing motorist, with no connection to the mother, who offers to take the child directly to the hospital.
In footage of the Hull incident a woman can be heard sobbing: ‘Now. Now. She calls an ambulance. Now. Now!’, as she hears her son say, ‘I don’t like it, mommy.’
The woman returns outside with the injured child in her arms while a passing motorist, who has no connection to the mother or the property, can be seen talking to someone on the phone.
The mother tells the driver that she does not want to wait for an ambulance and they agree to take the child directly to the hospital.
Hours later, half a dozen police vans were seen arriving at the property at 11.57am, which was cordoned off for a thorough forensic examination.
Footage from later that afternoon shows officers arriving to pick up the dog before remaining at the scene for nearly four hours.
In the images you can see the owner pleading with the agents: “They are hurting him.” Let me put the muzzle on him.
She tells them: ‘He’s a good dog. I’m telling you. I can save him.’
Footage from later that afternoon shows officers arriving to pick up the dog before remaining at the scene for almost four hours. Here you can see the owner dressed in a black top pleading with the agents: ‘They are hurting him. Let me put the muzzle on him.
The dog can also later be seen on CCTV being led out of the house with a belt around its neck. Police officers armed with riot shields are also seen surrounding the animal.
Police are monitoring the property in Hull where a five-year-old boy was mauled by an XL Bully dog on Monday.
The boy’s mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told friends that her son, a “brave soldier”, “will be scarred for life” after the horrific attack.
She told her friends: ‘It’s okay. He has been very brave. However, she has half of her scalp torn off and will be scarred for life.
“I can’t believe how good he’s been. But he’s a little soldier, bless him.
A family friend also told MailOnline today that the youngster is lucky to be alive. The woman said the boy is believed to be out of danger but that she “wouldn’t be here right now” if three men hadn’t managed to get the dog out.
The friend, who asked not to be named, said: “Everyone is shocked.” He followed his son into the house, where he was immediately attacked within seconds.
‘It took three guys to take the dog away. If those three guys weren’t there I don’t think the kid would still be here.
‘He’s fine. He has been operated on. But his skull is damaged and he will need more treatment.
‘She hasn’t been back since. She keeps a bedside vigil. She spreads the word quickly on this street.
‘I don’t know what she was doing in the house. There are a lot of drug problems here but he will have nothing to do with drugs.
“The dog had come from a good family home just two days before.”
The boy suffered head injuries and is currently in hospital receiving treatment following the attack.
A woman who witnessed the attack said: ‘I was in my house. The kids were playing. My oldest son went up to get something and said something was starting outside.
‘I went upstairs to look out the window. I will never, ever get that image out of my head. I wish I knew who the mother was so I could ask how the child is.
Her husband was in the shower when his wife raised the alarm. She said: ‘They were visiting next door. I think it happened as soon as they entered the living room.
“Then we heard the screams. The boy’s scalp was completely torn off.
‘We could see how terrible the injury was. Then the car stopped. It was lucky I was passing by. The wife came to see me in the shower. She was shaking a lot.
‘The woman who owns the dog doesn’t live there either. It was an XL Bully. The owner said she had all the documentation for it.
“He said he had a girl and he had never behaved this way before.”
There was no response from the house where the attack occurred when MailOnline visited on Wednesday, although people had previously been seen inside the property.
The locals did not know who lived there, except that they were a man and a woman who were said to be cousins of the male occupants. One said: “They are nothing but problems.”
The dog’s owner was said to be the occupant’s daughter.
Following the horrific attack, Humberside Police DCI Allison Sweeting said: “We are working closely with the boy’s family and the dog’s owner to understand the circumstances surrounding the incident.
“At this time the breed of the dog is believed to be the XL bully type and has been seized as part of our investigations.”
It comes as a 15-year-old boy was attacked by an XL Bully in Caerphilly, South Wales, yesterday.
Armed police were called after officers confirmed the dog was an XL Bully after the boy was hospitalized for the attack.
The dog was euthanized by veterinarians after the boy was taken to hospital after being attacked by the dog.
Tuesday’s attack occurred just miles from two previous fatal XL Bully attacks in the city, helping to spark a change in property laws.
Schoolboy Jack Lis, ten, and his grandmother Shirley Patrick, 83, were murdered a year apart in the town feared to be a hotspot for breeders of dangerous dogs.
Angeline Mahal, 50, was attacked by dogs at her home in Hornchurch, east London.
The incident with the five-year-old boy comes shortly after the first fatal attack since the breed was banned in February.
Angeline Mahal died earlier this month at her home in Hornchurch, east London, after being mauled by her two registered XL Bullys.
The two registered dogs were detained by police, some of them with riot shields, after being locked in a room.
A relative, who did not want to be named, said they “always urged her to give up the dogs.”
They added: “It was more because the dogs were a little tied up, they took a lot of time feeding and walking.” He limited his freedom.
‘But there is something I want to make clear and that is that anyone who has an XL Bully type dog should do the right thing if they see their pets becoming aggressive and abandon them.
‘I know it’s difficult because people are very attached, but we don’t want any other family to go through this.
“He was a sincere and kind-hearted person.”
The relative added: ‘Angeline always had dogs, she had for years. Her two most recent dogs were XL Bullies.
‘I had had them since they were puppies and had cages for them. They were duly registered.
‘We don’t know all the details yet, but I think only one of them attacked her. Her two sons found her in the hallway.
‘They tried to give him CPR but he was already gone. Police and paramedics arrived shortly after.
The Government imposed a ban on the muscular canines after they were blamed for attacks resulting in at least 11 deaths since 2021. Those killed ranged in age from 17 months to 84 years.
