It happened in the early hours of 12 September. The cries of pain of a Senegalese citizen were heard throughout the neighbourhood of Santa Teresa Street in the town of Reus, shortly after midnight.

Local police arrived and found the man writhing in pain gesturing to his crotch. A local resident explained to the police how the African became wounded shortly before they arrived.

The witness said that the man kicked the dog of a local resident and the dog then retaliated. The dog clamped his teeth on the attacker’s penis and then his hand as the man tried to push the animal away.

An ambulance arrived shortly after the police to Santa Teresa Street, where the wounded man was treated. Medical professionals could see that the victim had serious injuries to his penis.

The tearing of part of the skin and wounds in the glans and foreskin were caused by the animal’s teeth, which pierced through the man’s trousers and fully reached the reproductive organ.

The injured man was brought to Sant Joan de Reus hospital but once there, doctors recommended a transfer. He was then referred to the Joan XXIII hospital in Tarragona, as his injuries required reconstructive surgery and urology.

He is recovering in a medical centre in Tarragona.