A man has described the moment he pulled a little boy and girl away from dogs that were attacking them in Orpington. 

McArthur Okorocha revealed the moment he saw the children, aged 4 and 6, as well as a 30-year-old woman being attacked by four dogs in Mickleham Road at about 9am yesterday (October 5). 

Okorocha said he rushed over across the road to intervene after hearing screaming and shouting from his neighbours.

He told the Mirror: "I heard the mum shouting to the girl to "get out" and "run out".

"Then I saw the dogs biting the girl, so I had to rush over there and separate the girl from the dog when I noticed there was another little boy, who the dogs were also biting.

"So, I grabbed the first girl and I held her and I tried to grab the second boy, then the dogs tried to attack me so I had to separate the little girl [from the dogs] and call 999.

"I got neighbours to call the police."

McArthur said he wasn't scared as his main goal was to get the children out of the house. 

He added: "The goal was just to get the kids out of there, that was the main goal.

"I felt scared for the other little boy because I couldn't get to him in time and I wanted to make sure he was ok, so I kept popping and seeing if the kid got separated because I already had the girl in [the house] and I wanted to get her brother because she was shouting for her sibling."

Officers managed to bring the dogs under control and take them to police kennels as investigations continue. 

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of having dogs dangerously out of control and is currently in police custody.

The three injured were taken to hospital and their condition has been assessed as non life-threatening.

Superintendent Mitch Carr, South Area BCU, said: "I know this incident will have caused a lot of public concern, especially due to the young age of the children injured.

"Fortunately, it is believed that none of the injuries are life-threatening.

“A woman has been arrested on suspicion of having dogs dangerously out of control and she has been taken into custody.

"The dogs have also been taken to police kennels while the investigation is ongoing.

“Extra officers will be in the area over the next few days to provide community reassurance."

A spokesperson for Metropolitan Police said: “Police were called to Mickleham Road, St Paul's Cray shortly before 09.00hrs on Saturday, 5 October to reports of four dogs having injured members of the public.

“Officers attended and managed to bring the dogs under control.

“Two children, aged four and six, were found injured as well as a 30-year-old woman.

“They were taken to hospital. Their injuries have been assessed as non life-threatening.”

A spokesperson for London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 8.49am this morning (5 October) to reports of an incident in Mickleham Lane, Orpington.

“We sent a number of resources to the scene including ambulance crews, an advanced paramedic and an incident response officer. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.

“We treated one adult and two children at the scene and took them all to a major trauma centre by road.”