2 students hospitalized after attack by pit bulls at Detroit school

Detroit — Two feminine college students have been attacked by no less than one pit bull throughout recess on Thursday at Bates Academy, a Detroit public college.

Detroit Public Colleges Group District Superintendent Nikolai Vitti mentioned on Thursday the scholars have been taken to a hospital and are in secure situation.

The ages of the scholars weren’t launched, however the college serves college students in kindergarten via eighth grade.

The varsity sits on a nook lot close to a area the place some college students have been enjoying with two pit bulls, Vitti mentioned. The scholars have been informed by adults to cease enjoying with the canines, Vitti mentioned, and a few left the world.

It was not instantly clear whether or not only one or each of the canines bit the women.

“The women have canine bites and are reported to be wholesome outdoors of the bites,” Vitti mentioned.

Animal management officers captured one of many canines and have been trying to find the opposite one Thursday afternoon, Vitti mentioned.

“The varsity will use a managed dismissal to make sure college students are secure as they exit the constructing,” Vitti mentioned.

The varsity within the 19700 block of Wyoming in northwest Detroit has greater than 700 college students.

No additional info was out there on Thursday.

jchambers@detroitnews.com