Man bitten in face during dog attack in Repentigny

A 29-year-old man had to be taken to a hospital and his face wounds closed with stitches after he was attacked by a dog Monday night in a residential neighbourhood in Repentigny.
Repentigny police spokesperson Bruno Marier said the victim tried to intervene in a fight between two dogs when one them, suspected by police of being a pit bull breed, bit him.
The victim’s injuries are not deemed to be life-threatening.
Witness Véronique Richer told Radio-Canada that the dog lunged at its