Disgusting moment Filipino family is chased by a dog while its owner tells them to 'go back to China and take COVID-19 with you'
- A boy, 12, has been chased by a Siberian husky during an street altercation
- The dog owner's friend started yelling racial slurs at the boy's mother and father
- His father, Rob, said the dog was gearing up to attack his youngest son, age four
- The dog owner and his friend are trying to charge the family with assault
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A 12-year-old Filipino boy was chased by a Siberian husky as its owner's friend told his family to 'go back to China' and 'take your COVID-19 with you'.
The boy's father, who wanted to be known as Rob, was taking a walk with his wife and sons, aged 12 and four, around their neighbourhood in Auckland, New Zealand, on Saturday night.
They noticed the husky when it was about 100m away and Rob started barking at it in a bid to keep it away from his family.
But Rob said the dog caught their scent was gearing up to attack, the NZ Herald reported.
A 12-year-old Filipino boy has been chased by a Siberian husky (pictured with its owner and others at the scene) as its owner's friend told his family to 'go back to China'
He snatched his youngest son from his pram, as the pet's owner came running towards them.
'I said you really need to control your animal ... because I'm ready to hit your dog with this pram,' Rob told the dog owner, whose friend had appeared on the scene.
The situation then turned into what Rob described as a 'racial attack' when the friend started yelling at his family.
'Go back to China, you bloody ... take your COVID-19 with you,' the dog owner's friend yelled at the family, who are from the Philippines.
The dog chased Rob's oldest son while the situation unfolded.
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The husky owner's friend said the boy started running away, but the animal chased him thinking it was a game.
The dog owner denied Rob's claims the husky was aggressive.
He told the publication Rob scared him when he threatened the kill the dog while wielding the pram. He also said Rob grabbed his arm.
The dog owner's friend claimed Rob was assaulting him and started yelling for neighbours to call for emergency services to intervene, but no one called the police.
The situation then turned into what Rob described as a racial attack when the friend started yelling at his family. Pictured: Two people involved in the altercation
The friend said the video, which was filmed by Rob's wife, put him in a bad light and only showed a snippet of the larger event.
He said he is not racist but made the comments in the heat of the moment. He wanted Rob to leave because he kept arguing, which is why he told the family to go back to China.
He does not know why he told them to 'take COVID-19 with you'.
About a dozen neighbours came outside to ease the situation.
One can be heard in the video telling both parties to calm down.
Rob's family made a complaint to police about the racial slurs made by the dog owner's friend, who is trying to charge Rob for assault.
A police spokeswoman told the publication they are making inquiries about the incident.
