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It was a dog attack that killed a woman in her backyard and divided Montrealers over the question of pit-bull ownership. Now, as Montreal gets set to adopt a controversial bylaw that would ban the acquisition of pit-bull-type dogs, police are admitting they’re not entirely sure the dog that started it all was a pit bull.

When 55-year-old Christiane Vadnais was attacked in her Pointe-aux-Trembles backyard in June, Montreal police said the dog was a pit bull.

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But on Wednesday, a spokesperson told Radio-Canada that police officers aren’t able to identify dogs “because we’re not canine experts. We have no expertise whatsoever to say that dog was a pit bull.”

Reached by the Montreal Gazette on Friday, Montreal police would not comment on the remarks, saying only that the criminal investigation is ongoing.

And the city doesn’t have its own proof yet: It is still waiting for results from DNA tests it ordered to determine the dog’s breed shortly after the attack, city spokesperson Geneviève Dubé said on Friday.