2-year-old girl attacked by dogs as she played in garden in Liverpool

Scene of the dog attack in ToxtethA two-year-old girl suffered serious injuries after being attacked by dogs in the garden of a house.

The toddler sustained injuries to her head and body after the dogs got into the garden of the house where she was playing in Cockburn Street, Toxteth, Liverpool.

Merseyside Police say a 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of having a dangerous dog/dogs out of control.

Police and an ambulance were called to the house at 3.40pm on Sunday after reports that a child had been bitten by a dog and also that a woman had been injured.

The girl was treated at the scene and then taken by air ambulance to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital where her condition is described as serious but not lif

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