A police dog in Basel, Switzerland, has got the sack for biting an innocent bystander at the scene of a burglary.
Shep, a six-year-old German shepherd, was taken off duty after the incident.
The man had to be taken to hospital in an ambulance for treatment to a leg injury.
Shep's handler, who had been called to a burglary at a city boutique, was told the suspect was still in the building.
But as officers carried out a search, the dog wandered outside to where a group of people were watching events. He then allegedly bit a 20-year-old man.
Shep was one of eight dogs serving with Basel police. A spokesman said this was the first such incident to have occurred in the city.
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