Rakeem Young, 34, was walking his dog, Chanel, in the Bronx on Friday, Jan. 24, when a man wielding a machete attacked him and his dog, and then sliced off four of Young's fingers.

I was just trying to protect [Chanel]. And you know, I would do it again.' The stranger sliced off Young's fingers when the protective owner lifted his hand to shield Chanel from the blade.

A Bronx man had four of his fingers sliced off by a crazed machete-wielding attacker who had threatened to behead the victim’s beloved pooch and maimed the owner instead, he told The Post.

A Bronx man has been hospitalized for days after four of his fingers were sliced off by a machete-wielding man, reports ABC 7, CBS News New York and the New York Daily News. Rakeem Young ...

Rakeem Young was walking his dog on Friday, Jan. 28, when they were attacked by a man wielding a machete The suspect threatened to chop off the dog's head, and Young reacted by protecting her, but ...