Specialist officers say they were unable to bring the dog back under control and had to be killed 'as the last possible option'.
were responding to several reports that a dog was dangerously out of control and attacking the public on Friday evening.
A police spokesperson said: "At around 9pm tonight on Gladstone Road in Eccles we were called to several reports of a dog dangerously out of control that was subsequently attacking the public and injured a woman in the process.
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