13 h. ago Man attacked police officer and attempted to fire taser at him

The police officer needed hospital treatment after Mark Workman, 44, used the weapon to repeatedly attack

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46 h. ago Beauty therapist, 35, dodges jail after attacking FIVE police officers, treating them like 'punch bags' and spitting at them, court hears

Lucy Theunissen, 35, treated police officers like 'punch bags' in a shocking sustained attack after she caused a blazing row at a Chinese takeaway in Basingstoke, Hants last year

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3 d. ago Moment police officer blows vape smoke in clubgoer's face before launching unprovoked attack

PC Tyler McWalter, 30, from Kinver, Staffordshire, was sentenced to eight months in prison after choking Charlie Pottow at around 2.30am while on a night out on September 14, last year.

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4 d. ago Police are working 'night and day' to catch Ballymena rioters after alleged sex attack on local girl sparks violent disorder

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has welcomed a reduction in disorder on Saturday night after several consecutive days of rioting and attacks on police officers.

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6 d. ago The Guardian view on riots in Northern Ireland: racist violence does not express ‘legitimate grievance’ | Editorial

Politicians must analyse the forces behind mob unrest, but not in terms that make excuses for itA reputation for political violence is one reason Northern Ireland has historically attracted fewer immigrants than the rest of the UK. In that context, increasing diversity could be read as a measure of progress; a peace dividend after the Troubles. That isn’t how it has felt to families cowering in fear of racist mobs this week. The riots started in Ballymena, ostensibly triggered by the arrest of two boys, reported to be of Romanian origin, accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. A community vigil mutated into a racist rampage. Masked thugs targeted the local migrant population. When police came to quell the pogrom, officers were attacked with bricks, fireworks, petrol bombs. There was contagion. Windows were smashed and a fire started at a leisure centre in nearby Larne that had been used as a temporary refuge for those fleeing the Ballymena violence. There were outbreaks of di...

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6 d. ago The three things terrorist Alexander Dighton blamed for his vicious attack on police officers

The 28 year-old loner said his grievances which led to his attacks on police had been brewing for 15 years or more.

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6 d. ago Video shows moment terrorist lures police officers out of station to attack them with knives and hatchet

Alex Dighton was armed with poles, molotov cocktails and a knife when he attacked officers at Talbot Green police station leaving two needing hospital treatment

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6 d. ago Footage of Hainault sword attacker slashing at police shown to court

Footage of Metropolitan Police officers being attacked by an alleged killer with a sword has been shown to the jury in the Daniel Anjorin murder trial.

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6 d. ago Terrorist who attacked officers outside police station jailed for life

Alexander Dighton was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday afternoon.

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6 d. ago Armoured thug stabbed officer and knocked another unconscious in police station attack

Dighton remarked in a police interview he did not consider the scope of damage, ‘merely that blood had to be spilt’

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6 d. ago Armed man who attacked officers outside police station jailed for life

Alexander Dighton was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday afternoon.

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6 d. ago Man who attacked officers with Molotov cocktail had been referred to Prevent

Andrew Dighton, who attacked officers outside a Welsh police station, had been referred to an anti-terror programme a year previously.

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6 d. ago Officers showed ‘exceptional bravery’ during unprecedented police station attack

Alexander Dighton, 28, attacked officers outside the Talbot Green police station in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, on January 31.

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6 d. ago Man who attacked officers outside police station had been referred to Prevent

Andrew Dighton had been referred to the Prevent anti-terrorism programme a year before his attack on officers in Talbot Green in South Wales.

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6 d. ago Footage of Hainualt sword attacker slashing at police shown to court

Footage of Metropolitan Police officers being attacked by an alleged killer with a sword has been shown to the jury in the Daniel Anjorin murder trial.

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6 d. ago Live updates as man being sentenced for trying to kill police officer with knife and Molotov cocktail outside station

Alexander Dighton, 28, attacked officers in a huge disturbance in January outside Talbot Green police station

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7 d. ago Man to be sentenced for attacking officers with hatchet outside police station

Alexander Dighton, 28, attacked three police officers at Talbot Green police station in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, on January 31.

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7 d. ago Moment 'killer' attacks police officers with samurai sword as they try to arrest him after schoolboy was slashed to death in street

This is the horrifying moment police officers were attacked by a man with a sword, in footage which was shown to the jury at the Daniel Anjorin murder trial. 

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9 d. ago Actions of PSNI in Ballymena ‘saved lives’ and ‘prevented pogrom’

The Police Federation said officers in Co Antrim faced attacks which were ‘totally mindless, unacceptable and feral’.

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9 d. ago Fifteen police injured amid suspected racially motivated attacks in Ballymena

Northern Irish politicians condemn violence that erupted after vigil for girl who was allegedly sexually assaultedFifteen police officers were injured and several homes attacked during what has been called a “mob fury” of racially motivated disturbances in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena.Members of a crowd threw petrol bombs, fireworks, heavy masonry and bricks at police and tried to burn the homes of a handful of foreign families in the County Antrim town on Monday night. Continue reading...

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