A COP was recovering in hospital last night after confronting a knifeman allegedly seeking a victim at random.
, who is said to have been roaming the streets with a large kitchen knife which he was threatening to use.A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and taken to hospital for treatment before being discharged back into police custodycolleagues restrained the attacker who sustained a wound to his head from a baton during the violent struggle on Tuesday teatime in Enfield, North London.
Because of the suspect’s injury, the Met will now have to refer the stabbing incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct under stringent accountability rules.A colleague with enhanced medical training helped save the wounded officer by tying a tourniquet round his wound before an ambulance crew arrived.He was accompanied by Met assistant commissioner Matt Jukes, who said: “This officer has shown immense bravery apprehending a suspect, armed with a knife.
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