Five dogs destroyed after fatal attack in Liverpool

A man has been arrested and five American bulldogs have been destroyed after a woman died following a dog attack, police said.

The 65-year-old died at the scene of the attack at a home in Kirkdale, Liverpool, on Monday afternoon.

A Merseyside Police spokesman said a 31-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of owning a dog dangerously out of control and was in custody.

The woman has not yet been formally identified, but her next of kin has been informed, the police spokesman said.

A post mortem examination will be carried out to establish the cause of the woman’s death.