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.

A baby girl is fighting for her life in hospital after being bitten by an ‘XL Bully-type’ dog in Kent. The eight-month-old baby was attacked in the town of Hawkinge, at around 2.30pm yesterday. Police and emergency services swooped in at the scene of the incident at Siskin Close shortly after.

A baby girl has been airlifted to hospital after she was attacked by a dog believed to be an XL bully. Kent Police said officers were called to Siskin Close in Hawkinge, near Folkestone, at 2.23pm on Wednesday after a report the eight-month-old was bitten by a dog,

Two people have been arrested after a baby girl was attacked by a dog believed to be an XL bully. Kent Police said officers were called to Siskin Close in Hawkinge, near Folkestone, at 2.23pm on Wednesday (December 11) after a report the eight-month-old was bitten by a dog,