A London police officer is in a critical condition after a driver he pulled over attacked him with a machete
Around midnight Wednesday, police pulled over a van in Leyton, a district in east London. The driver of the vehicle, who was in his 50s, attacked the uniformed police officer with a machete, Metropolitan Police said in a statement Thursday. The officer was stabbed a number of times but managed to use his Taser to subdue the driver and protect himself. The injured police officer, who is in his 30s, was taken to hospital and is in a critical but stable condition.
"What began as a routine vehicle stop has transformed very quickly and unexpectedly into an unprovoked attack with a weapon.""Events such as this highlight the courageous work that police do every day, sometimes having to confront violent and dangerous individuals, who are determined to do them harm."Britain is currently battling a marked rise in knife crime.
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