An eight-month-old girl is in a serious condition after being attacked by a dog and airlifted to hospital.
The animal has been seized and destroyed and is believed to be a registered XL bully type.
The attack happened at around 2pm on Wednesday inside a property on Siskin Close in Hawkinge, near Folkestone in Kent.
“Officers attended along with South East Coast Ambulance Service and an eight-month-old girl was airlifted to a London hospital where she remains in a serious condition,” said Kent Police.
An 18-year-old man and a 76-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control.
Kent Police said they were still in custody and officers would remain in the area as investigations continue.
XL bully dogs can only be legally owned in England and Wales with an exemption certificate.
About 40,000 are believed to have been registered before February’s deadline.
They must be muzzled and kept on a lead in public, but these rules don’t apply when the dog is at home.
Breeding, selling or abandoning them is also now illegal.
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