Man aged 55 dies after dog attack

A man has died after being attacked by a dog in a village.

Emergency services were called to the scene in Kirkton of Auchterhouse in Angus at around 1.10pm on Wednesday December 22.

Police said the 55-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.”