A hero police dog is recovering after a suspect he brought down plunged a knife straight through him.
Zoltan, the four-year-old alsatian, was knifed as police shot the 39-year-old man with a baton round.
The suspect, who had been holding his wife at knife-point, was whisked to hospital after being hit by the police baton round in an armed stand-off in Russell Street in Stockton, Teesside, on Wednesday night.
He sustained minor injuries and has been treated at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.
Zoltan was rushed to Copeland Veterinary Surgeons in Ingleby Barwick, Teesside and is recovering following an operation.
Baton rounds are used by armed officers as a 'non-lethal' alternative to firearms.
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