text: Police are hunting the owner of a 'Staffy-type' dog after a four-year-old girl suffered bite wounds to the face. The child was outside shops with her older sister in Brighton, East Sussex, when the dog attacked her. Sussex police say the girl suffered a single puncture wound to her upper lip following the incident in Findon Road, Whitehawk, at around 6.30pm on Thursday. Attack: Police are hunting the owner of a 'Staffy-type' dog after a four-year-old girl suffered bite wounds to the face (file picture) The youngster was taken to the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital to undergo treatment. Police said the dog was off the lead with two similar dogs - two were black and one was white. They were with a man described as being in his 50s, with purple hair and a brown moustache. Anyone with information is asked to contact police. The girl suffered a single puncture wound to her upper lip following the incident in Findon Road (pictured), Whitehawk .
target: Girl was outside shops in Brighton, East Sussex when she was attacked .
  She received a puncture wound to her upper lip and was treated in hospital .
  Police are hunting a man in his 50s with purple hair and brown moustache .