A child has been taken to Christchurch Hospital with serious injuries after another dog attack in Aranui on Tuesday.

Police were called to the incident on Breezes Rd shortly before noon.

A police spokesperson said the child was seriously injured and has been taken to hospital.

Christchurch City Council animal management staff have seized a six-year-old staffordshire bull terrier cross.

“We will be undertaking an investigation, so cannot comment further,” a city council spokesperson said.

Police were still at the scene on Tuesday afternoon.

It comes after a one-year-old boy was killed by a dog in Aranui last month.

Sonny-Charles Watson, who was also affectionately known as “Sunshine”, was attacked by a cross-breed dog that lived at a Basingstoke St property on August 14.

Police confirmed last month the dog was put down and no criminal charges were laid in relation to the boy’s death.

 

-Allied Media & RNZ