Eyeball-Splitting Attack Blinds Teen
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A British teenager's eyeball was split in half after two men battered him with a baseball bat and a metal dog leash, The Sun reported Tuesday.
Edward Watt was blinded in his left eye following the attack in Edinburgh, Scotland, as he walked home from a bar with friends.
He was lashed in the face with the chain by the owner of a Staffordshire bull terrier after trying to defend himself against the dog. Another man laid into him with the bat.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Watt, 19, whose eyeball was stitched up after he was rushed unconscious to hospital, said: "I was in a lot of pain when I woke up and didn't know what was going on.
"The eye specialist said it was the worst he's seen," Watt said.
"It's still weeping fluid, and there's a stitch in my eyeball. I've also got a staple in my head."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Doctors were deciding whether to remove the damaged eye.
He also suffered leg injuries in the attack, which happened at 11:30 p.m. Friday.
The dog owner, in his 30s, lashed out after his barking dog ran towards Watt, who tried to kick it away.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}As Watt and his friends tried to flee, the man summoned a friend from a house, who joined in the attack with the bat.
SOURCE LINK: The Sun