Following an incident in a residential street, armed police shot and killed two dogs.
In the wake of the incident, a man in his 70s is receiving treatment in hospital for serious injuries.
The ordeal took place in Lewes Close, Bognor, at around 9:50am today, after which police received multiple reports of a man being attacked by two canines, believed to be rottweilers.
Police said that due to the continued threat posed by the dogs, and in order to protect the victim and community at large, specialist firearms officers were “swiftly deployed” to apprehend the animals.
