TWO policemen were taken to hospital on Monday after they were attacked by a 25-year-old man wielding a pocket knife in Polis Chrysochous.
According to reports, the 25-year-old was being watched by officers from the drug squad and was approached at around 5.50pm while in his car. He realised he was being approached and reacted by getting out of his car and grabbing one of the two officers by the neck, police said.
He then allegedly punched and kicked them both before he was arrested and taken to Polis Chrysochous police station.
At the police station another two policemen were about to conduct a body search but the 25-year-old attacked them with his pocket knife.
The policemen were taken to Paphos General Hospital where it was reported that one of the policemen suffered multiple head and hand injuries and the other had been stabbed in the stomach.
One of the officers underwent surgery while the other is being held for observation.
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