Police probe knife attack
Two men were last night being quizzed by detectives after a man and his dog were stabbed and another man bitten at a Sunderland home.
Police were called to the house in Gleneagles Square, Grindon, early yesterday.
The area around a house was taped off and scenes-ofcrime officers scoured the street for evidence.
One neighbour, who asked not to be named, said: “It was about quarter to six this morning. I heard someone shouting a lad’s name, but it was not the name of the lad in the house.
“They were banging on the windows or something. I looked out and saw two lads running away, then the young lad shouting that he needed an ambulance.
“There were six police cars and two ambulances eventually. The two lads ran off across the top of the square.
“There was a lad got stabbed. I saw him walking to the ambulance with a bandage around his head. Someone said they stabbed his dog as well.”
Kathleen Errington, who lives in Gleneagles Road, close to the scene, said it was about 5.30am-5.40am when ‘we just heard a bang.’
“We thought it was a shotgun, but apparently it was the back door being kicked in.”
A lane leading to the back of the property was taped off.
Officers were still examining the house yesterday afternoon as parents came to collect their children from the nearby Grindon Infant and Nursery School.
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: “At about 6am, police were alerted to two male intruders at an address on Gleneagles Square, Sunderland.
“The intruders assaulted one male who was in the address at the time, with what is believed to be a bladed weapon.
“During the assault the occupant’s dog bit one of the intruders, at which point they fled the address.
“Emergency services attended and the occupant was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. During the incident the victim’s Staffordshire Bulldog suffered serious but non-fatal injuries.
“Another male was also taken to hospital with nonlife threatening injuries.
“A 40-year-old male and an 18-year-old male have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary.
“Police are currently carrying out inquiries and are appealing for anyone with any information to contact police on 101 quoting log 86 200318 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”