Man mauled by two dogs in beach attack The 30-year-old was attacked so badly that he passed out after the attack, which happened on Brighton beach in East Sussex in the early hours of Sunday morning. Jack le-Flay, 20, who witnessed it, said: "There was a lot of blood on the man who was lying face down in the water. Paramedics were unable to reach the man until an armed response unit had managed to subdue the dogs, thought to be a Mastiff cross and a Staffordshire bull terrier. One police officer was bitten on his hand and leg. A 40-year-old man from Brighton, arrested on suspicion of being the owner of out of control dogs, has been released on bail.