Zurich police shoot dog after it charges officers during identity check

In Zurich's Kreis 11, a dog charged officers during an identity check on Schaffhauserstrasse.

Police shot the Presa Canario to stop the attack, and it later died at an animal hospital.

The 47-year-old handler then attacked an officer and tried to take the officer's gun.

The officer used a Taser, and police arrested the man; the officers were not injured.

Accounts differ on whether the incident happened early Friday or during the night into Saturday.

The city police are investigating under the state prosecutor's direction, and the sources give no further details about what happens next.