Ramiz Khan in Gunn is the victim of a vicious dog attack

A boy has ended up in hospital with several wounds and four stitches after a pitbull attacked him on his way home from school. *WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES*

When 10-year-old Ramiz Khan finished school at 2.30pm on Monday, he got on his bike and rode home as he would on any other school day.

But before he could reach his home in Gunn he was viciously attacked by a pitbull on a nearby street.

Ramiz said the dog ran out of a house in the neighbourhood close to his home.

The pitbull then started attacking his leg causing Ramiz to come off his bike.

Ramiz Khan suffered a vicious dog attack in his neighbourhood while riding his bike home from school. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

“He told me he was screaming,” Ramiz’s mother Saima Khan said.

“He came home and my husband took him straight to Palmerston Emergency.

“We waited about three or four hours.

“They cleaned the wound and gave him antibiotics.

“They said he would need surgery at Royal Darwin Hospital.”

Ramiz was admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital the following afternoon.

He received four stitches on a gaping gash on his ankle and had dressings applied to two deep bite marks on each of his legs.

Ramiz Khan and his mother in hospital after a dog attack left him with four wounds. Picture: provided

“He is still in pain,” Ms Khan said.

Ramiz has been back to the hospital several times since Monday to have the wounds cleaned and redressed.

Bite marks on Ramiz Khan’s legs have had to be cleaned and redressed multiple times. He has been issued antibiotics as a precaution. Picture: Saima Khan

The Khans have not spoken to the owner of the pitbull since the attack occurred, as they do not quite know which property in the neighbourhood the dog came from.

“We have complained to the city council,” Ms Khan said.

Ten-year-old Ramiz Khan required four stitches to close the gaping wound on his ankle after a vicious dog attack. Picture: Saima Khan

According to the Palmerston City council, dog owners “have a high level of responsibility to ensure their dogs are effectively contained, have adequate fencing and are under effective control when in a public place.”

“When council receives a complaint about a dog attack (...) the dog owner can face possible warnings, restrictions placed on their dog’s registration and/or specific conditions placed on their license, infringement notices or prosecution in court.”