Police seize 17 dogs and search van after girl, 6, mauled in horror attack

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Police have seized 17 dogs following a brutal dog attack on a six-year-old girl in Trafford on Sunday. Emergency services were called to Ackers Lane in Carrington, Trafford at around 2.40pm to a report of a child who had suffered injuries caused by dogs.

Horrified neighbours said they looked on as another young girl and a man fought the dogs off the child, who was then carried off unconscious by a woman believed to be her mother.

She is now understood to be in a stable condition in hospital. Officers seized four dogs and nine puppies on Sunday, and say they have recovered a further four dogs today.

As part of the investigation, a van has also been found in south Manchester and is being examined. READ MORE: Another weekend of bloodshed in Greater Manchester as nearly 30 people stabbed and one shot dead THIS YEAR Three people have been arrested on suspicion of owning a dangerous dog.