TWO teens saved a young boy's life after a dog attack - and now his family want to find them to say thank you.

The terrifying incident saw Adil Chowdhury and four friends attacked by two rottweilers in Otterbourne last Friday.

His friends evaded the dogs, but Adil slipped and both dogs mauled him as he was on the floor.

As the 12-year-old Thornden School pupil was being brutally bitten by the dogs, his friends cried out for help.

Fortunately two teenagers - who are believed to be year nine pupils at the school - rushed to Abil's aid, and chased the dogs away, and quickly called for help.

Adil was taken to Southampton General Hospital where he stayed for four nights.

The attack, which happened near Boyatt Lane, has left him with numerous bite marks on his legs and arms.The extent of the injuries was so severe, his parents were told not to see him by ambulance and police, and they do not even know how many stitches he has.

Adil is now recovering at home, and expects to be back at school in the next two weeks.

Adil's mother Ferdousi Chowdhury spoke of her gratitude to the older pupils who she believes saved her son's life.

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Adil Chowdhury and dad Shoab

She said: "Those dogs could have just turned on those boys, but they were so brave, I do not know who they were but we want to say thank you, they have saved my son's life.

"The dogs had really dug into Adil, and they could have shredded him if it wasn't for them.

"They did not even think about the risk to themselves it was almost like instinct, it is just amazing what they done."

She hopes that she will get the chance to say thank you to the pupils in the future, but added she had no idea who they are.

Mrs Chowdhury added: "We now need to help our boy through it, many people were so concerned for him. I think it is really important his friends have seen him and know that he's going to be alright.

"Abil won't talk about the attack, and we are really concerned, how long is it going to take him to get over this, we do not know if he will be able to walk to school by himself."

As reported in the Daily Echo dozens of police and a search helicopter rushed to the scene on Friday as police desperately tried to track down the two dangerous animals.

The search lasted several hours officers were also going door to door, advising residents to remain indoors and told people to avoid the area.

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Hampshire Constabulary confirmed they had captured the dogs by 7pm last Friday and had taken them to kennels to be dealt with.

Mrs Chowdhury said she was "disgusted" that the dogs were allowed to walk freely and felt it was fortunate that nobody was killed as a nursery, primary school are both near where the incident happened on Friday just after 3pm.

Mrs Chowdhury added: "We do not know where the dogs come from but there was no owner with them at all.

"We think people should be banned from owning those dogs, particularly in a area where there are a high density of school children.

"Why where they not securely kept, why have they managed to get out, it tells me they have not fulfilled their responsibilities and secured their property."

"It is an unsafe type of dog to own, there is outcry in the area and a number of people are saying why do people own these type of dogs."

A police investigation is continuing into the incident.

A police spokeswoman, said: “The dogs have not been put down.

“They are currently in a kennels that deals with potentially dangerous dogs.”