A woman was left with injuries to her arm after she was bitten by a dog in an east Suffolk village. 

Police were called to Beaumont Cottages in Kelsale, near Saxmundham, at about 6.30pm on Wednesday, October 16.

Officers say a dog ran up to a woman and bit her upper arm outside a property on the road. 

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The dog was a black Alsatian and caused a bite wound to the woman. 

Officers are investigating the incident and asking anyone with information to contact Suffolk police, quoting crime reference number 37/59422/24.