The one-year-old was attacked along with two adults.
Baslow Road, Denton, Greater Manchester.(Image: Google.)
A one-year-old has been rushed to hospital after a dog attack. The tot and two others became embroiled in the incident in a residential street earlier this evening.
Armed officers and an air ambulance were scrambled to the scene, as officers on the ground locked down the area and got their investigation underway.
The Mirror reports two people and the one-year-old child were attacked by a dog in Baslow Road, Haughton Green, Denton, Greater Manchester. Families, including children, watched on from behind a cordon as emergency services arrived.
An air ambulance was seen landing on a green nearby after the attack by a dog on three people including the baby. The condition of those involved has not yet been confirmed by police.
A large emergency services presence remains at the scene after arriving shortly before 6pm. A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said that they received a report that “several people” had been attacked.
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They said: “We were called to Baslow Road, Denton, at around 5:50pm today (29/5/25) to reports several people had been attacked by a dog – three people, a one-year-old child and two adults, are in hospital being treated for their injuries.”
One person who witnessed the incident said: “There’s people covered in blood and a baby’s been taken to hospital. There were others who looked injured.
“A dog section and armed police went in with guns.” And there have also been reports from onlookers saying that the one-year-old child suffered facial injuries but this has not been confirmed.
Footage also shows the moment a dog was led away by police and put into the back of a vehicle. The GMP dog unit vehicles have now left the scene, with cordons remaining in place along Baslow Road.
The type of dog involved in the incident has not been confirmed by police. Many people have taken to social media to enquire what happened and about the conditions of the people. “I hope they are okay,” wrote one person on Facebook.
Meanwhile, figures revealed last month showed that dog attacks on people have increased in England and Wales in the past five years. There were 32,568 recorded offences of an out-of-control dog causing injury in 2024 – a 4% rise on 2023.
Cleveland Police saw a 163% increase – with 363 incidents reported in 2024 compared with 138 in 2019. According to Freedom of Information figures obtained by the BBC, four other forces also saw increases of more than 100%.
In Gloucestershire the number of cases reported to police went up by 70% from 204 incidents in 2019, to 346 last year. And in Wiltshire and Avon and Somerset cases rose by just over 50%.
All forces saw an upward trend in attacks – with South Yorkshire reporting the lowest increase at 22%. The data takes into account all recorded dog attacks and does not offer information on breed or severity of injury.