American Bully XL dogs will be banned at the end of the year following the death of a man and a series of attacks in the UK.

This is what the British Prime Minister decided after the death of a man who was mauled by two of these dogs on Thursday.

Rishi Sunak said he “shared the nation's horror at such attacks and this cannot be allowed to continue,” Sky News reports.

The victim was attacked near a school in the town of Stonnall, as he was leaving class.

“We found a man with multiple life-threatening injuries and in a critical condition,” West Midlands Ambulance Service said.

Despite treatment at the scene and in the ambulance, “once at the hospital it became clear that nothing could be done to save him and he was pronounced dead,” they added.

According to police, two dogs attacked the victim near their owner's apartment.

Passersby tried to restrain one of the animals, while the other was locked in its owner's house. The police prevented the primary school students from leaving the establishment.

The dogs' owner, 30, was arrested for having out-of-control dogs.

This is the seventh death recorded from a dog attack in the UK this year.

A recent BBC survey estimated that these attacks had increased by more than a third in England and Wales over the past five years, while the number of domestic dogs only increased by around 15% during that period.

If the police notice a magnifying glass effect related to greater attention to this problem, the veterinarians cited by the British media put forward several hypotheses: confinements that have reduced interactions, a drop in the quality of training in a context of increased demand or even a tendency for owners to want to take their dogs everywhere…

Several high-profile cases have illustrated the phenomenon, including the attack on an injured 11-year-old boy by an American Bully XL, a breed resulting from the crossing of several others, including pit bulls and other mastiffs.

The case, however, has sparked debate, with some veterinarians believing that training is to blame rather than the breed itself.