Moment ‘XL Bully’ attacks teen as passers-by desperately try and stop horror mauling

THIS is the horrifying moment a suspected XL Bully savages a teenager outside a block of flats.

The bloody attack took place at the entrance of Oakfield high rise in Anderson Street in Motherwell.

The dog, understood to be an XL Bully, was spotted biting a man, aged 18, as he lay helplessly on the ground.

The vicious canine relentlessly mauls the man as two other men strike the animal with a mop and another object.

Cops were alerted to the incident on Wednesday morning.

Afterwards the light brown and white coloured dog was spotted tied up to a railing with its mouth and nose covered in blood.

A broken mop head from the frantic struggle lies on the ground nearby.

The injured teenager was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment.

The XL Bully was later put to sleep.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 11.20am on Wednesday, 18 October, 2023, police received a report of a dog having injured an 18-year-old man on Anderson Street, Motherwell.

“The man was taken to hospital for treatment. The dog has been euthanised.”

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