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A 23-year-old man is accused of torturing two small dogs to death last weekend in Whitby — brutal killings witnessed live by a nearby business owner via a security camera feed.

Durham Regional Police say the gut-wrenching animal cruelty occurred on Saturday in the area of Thickson Rd. and Burns St. E., north of Hwy. 401, near a plaza.

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“It is very disturbing,” Const. George Tudos said Wednesday.

The act was captured by a motion-activated storefront camera that alerted the shop’s owner and streamed the sickening footage live to his cellphone, Tudos said, adding the man “called 911 right away.”

Tudos said the video showed a man “torturing and killing” two white Maltese-cross dogs before driving away in his vehicle.

It’s unclear what other breed the dogs were mixed with, but purebred Maltese typically weigh between seven and nine pounds.

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Police identified a suspect and located him Tuesday morning, Tudos said, adding the man was arrested and taken to a local hospital for a mental health assessment.