Two pit bulls attack and seriously injure a man outside his home in Plymouth

Two pit bulls attacked a man’s face, causing serious injuries, outside his Plymouth home late this evening, officials said Thursday.

The incident occurred around 12:20 a.m. Tuesday in the 15300 block of 60th Avenue N., police said. A close friend identified the victim as 45-year-old Emil Mammadov.

According to police, officers and emergency responders arrived at the scene and rendered aid to the man before an ambulance took him to North Memorial Health Hospital.

Officers went to a nearby home and found the two dogs responsible for the attack, police said.

The dogs’ owner has been identified and the animals have been seized and remain quarantined at a “secure police facility” in Maple Grove, a police statement said. A facility employee identified the dogs as pit bulls to the Star Tribune.

No charges have been filed yet, “although the investigation is ongoing,” said police spokeswoman Karen Anderson, who declined to identify the dogs’ owner.

Mammadov’s friend Nadia Roife said the dogs came from a house nearby and bit him “several times before he could get help.” One of the dogs aimed at Emil’s throat. His wife Ilaha rescued Emil after hearing him scream. …The dogs…bit off a large piece of skin under his right eye. We’re all lucky that Emil is alive!”