posted 12-11-2004 01:52 AM
Here's a couple news articles I ran across recently...Police Dog Bites Nude Man Where It Really Hurts
December 9, 2004
MINNEAPOLIS -- A man was bitten in the genitals by a police dog while being arrested for allegedly running nude and entering homes in a Minneapolis neighborhood.
Police said the dog bit the man in order to protect its handler. Police say the man started hitting the officer and the police dog did what it was trained to do -- protect its human partner.
A police spokesman said police dogs are trained to bite if their partner is attacked. He said the dogs are not trained to bite in the groin area, but that it's likely the dog jumped and bit the man while he was moving around.
The dog, which was still leashed, bit the suspect to protect the officer.
The 19-year-old-man was taken to the hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Police reports said a police canine unit found the nude suspect shortly after noon Tuesday in a house. Police said the suspect began hitting an officer who ordered him out of the house.
Police say the man continued to attack officers even after he was bit. Police used a stun gun to subdue him.
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Sad Serb axes penis, then regrets decision
‘All’s well that ends well,’ says doctor after reattachment
Dec. 10, 2004
BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro - A Serbian man was so depressed by his family’s dire financial situation that he cut off his penis with an ax, only to regret it afterwards and ask for help, Serbian media said Friday.
The 30-year-old from the industrial town of Kragujevac in central Serbia was distraught by what he described as “the poverty and misery” around him, daily Kurir reported.
“My wife is sick, and I can’t even buy medicine. My father, mother and I live from my father’s paltry salary,” the man was quoted as saying.
“I saw no other way out, grabbed a rusty two-and-a-half-kilo ax, took my penis out, put it on a log and bam!”
The sight of blood brought him to his senses, he said.
“Only then did I come to and screamed as loudly as I could, realizing I didn’t have it any more,” he was quoted as saying.
Neighbors heard his screaming and rushed him to hospital, where doctors sewed his penis back on.
“The most important thing is that his tool is back in place. All’s well that ends well,” said doctor Srecko Djordjevic, who performed the operation.