A YOUNG BOY IN BELFAST IS IN HOSPITAL AFTER HE WAS ATTACKED BY A PITBULL TYPE DOG,THE DOG BITE A PIECE OF THE BOYS EAR OFF,THE DOG WAS THEN CORNERED BY POLICE,THE POLICE HAD TO SHOOT THE DOG SIXTEEN TIMES BEFORE IT DIED,THIS TYPE OFF DOG A PITBULL IS BANNED IN NORTHERN IRELAND,BUT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO HAVE ONE IN THE SOUTH OFF IRELAND,THE POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT THE DOG HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM WORK FOR MISSUSE OF A FIRE ARM,AN INVESTAGATION IS ON GOING,PEOPLE WHO WITNESED THE SHOOTING SAID THE OFFICER COULD HAVE SHOT ANY ONE BY THE WAY HE USED HIS GUN,SOME PEOPLE EVEN SAID THAT ONE BULLET SHOULD HAVE STOPPED THE DOG NOT SIXTEEN AND SAID HE WAS JUST TRIGGER HAPPY ....????