Overview
- A 65-year-old man was walking his dog near Winkelbrunn in Freyung when an unaccompanied dog ran out of a woodland, first attacked the victim’s dog and then bit the owner.
- Police say the attack severed a fingertip at the scene and that doctors later performed a partial amputation of another finger because of severe crush injuries.
- Authorities describe the animal as likely a German shepherd mix that fled without an owner present and remains at large.
- Polizeiinspektion Freyung has opened an investigation and is urging anyone who saw the incident or who can identify the dog to contact investigators with information.
- The attack has left the victim with permanent hand injuries and prompted local concerns about loose dogs in forested walking areas as police work to locate the animal.