Five people were injured — including four teenagers — when they were attacked by pit bulls in the Bronx, police said.
The dog handlers, both 36, were walking the animals just before 10 p.m. Sunday near Pelham Parkway and Lurting Avenue in Morris Park when the dogs got loose, police sources said.
The pit bulls then went after a nearby group of eight people, attacking five of them.
The victims — all females, ages 12, 15, 16, 17 and 45 — suffered bites and cuts. They were taken to Jacobi Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The dogs were taken to Animal Care Centers of New York.
The handlers, identified by police sources as Yoandra Espinosa and Adina Marinescu, were issued summonses.
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