Boy, 12, savaged by pack of dogs while walking home from school
WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: The boy was pinned to the wall by one of the beasts as another bit his chest and legs
A 12-year-old boy was pinned to a wall and bitten by stray dogs as he tried to walk home from school.
Abdulmetin Fidan was walking home with two friends when four stray dogs suddenly started snarling at them.
His friends managed to run away but the dogs caught up with Abdulmetin and attacked him.
CCTV footage shows the boy trying to fight off the dogs but they trap him against a building and he falls over.
The dogs then bite the youngster repeatedly on his chest and legs, as he screams out in pain, before they eventually run off.
The incident was captured on cameras in the city of Bursa in north-western Turkey.
Abdulmetin managed to walk the rest of the way home where he told his parents what had happened.
His father, Abdullah Fidan, took his son to hospital where doctors kept him in for observation for several days.
Abdulmetin said: "When my friends started running away, I started running too.
"But the dogs caught me and bit me several times.
"I managed to run away from them and came home. I had to leave my schoolbag.
"I was very scared. Dogs always follow us home."
His upset father added: "There are a lot of dogs in this area.
"They walk around in packs. My boy could have died."
