CCTV shows dog that mauled 11-year-old girl as she walked to school

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Police have released CCTV footage of the owner of a dog who mauled an 11-year-old girl on her way to school in a renewed bid to track him down.

CCTV filmed on September 28 captures the child walking in London’s Tower Hamlets on her way to school a passed a man walking two dogs passes her.

One of the animals lunged at her and bit her repeatedly on the hand and arm.

A passing taxi driver intervened to free the victim from the dog’s grip before she was taken hospital with broken bones.

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