NSW: Police dog stabbed to death after stand off

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: December 23, 2004 | Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2004
NSW: Police dog stabbed to death after stand off

SYDNEY, Dec 23 AAP - A police dog killed after pursuing an armed man in Sydney's west
gave his life to protect his handler, Police Minister John Watkins said today.

Three-year-old German Shepherd Titan was stabbed to death by a man waving two knives
after a seven-hour siege at Lalor Park overnight.

It is the first time a police dog had been killed by an offender in New South Wales, police said.

"The dog put himself between the offender, who was armed I understand with two knives,
and the officer," ...

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