In Irkutsk, a guard dog left untethered attacked a woman who returned home with two children and would not let them into the house. Police officer Natalya Erutina, who arrived at the scene, neutralized the aggressive animal with a shot from her service pistol, protecting the family from danger. The officer's actions were preliminarily deemed lawful.
In the Kuibyshevsky District of Irkutsk, a guard dog attacked a woman and tried to bite her children as well.The previous night, around two o’clock, the police department No. 6 of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Irkutsk received a report that a guard dog was raging at one of the private houses on Yeniseyskaya Street. A 33-year-old woman from Irkutsk told the duty officer that she had returned home from visiting friends together with her two children. The dog, which had not been tied up in the owners’ absence, was baring its teeth, lunging at her, and not letting her into the house.
Duty district police officer Natalya Erutina arrived at the scene. At the moment when the police officer was entering the yard, the enraged dog attacked her. Having realistically assessed the situation, the law enforcement officer fired an aimed shot from her issued Makarov pistol, neutralizing the threat to the woman and her young children.
The actions of the police lieutenant have been preliminarily recognized as lawful. According to Article 23 of the Federal Law “On Police,” the service weapon was used “to neutralize an animal threatening the life and health of citizens.”
Based on materials from the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region