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Violent attacks against the police in Northern Ireland reached a new high last weekend. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) confirmed that 20 police officers were injured on duty over a 24-hour period estate. The attacks, which included deliberate car ramming and assaults, occurred between the evening of Friday 13 December and Saturday morning. Some officers required medical attention for their injuries.
The news came to light only a few days after the PSNI announced that 58 police officers had been injured in vehicle ramming attacks in the past year alone. Supt Rosie Thompson confirmed that two officers had been hurt following a deliberate patrol vehicle ramming on Concession Road in Crossmaglen. A VW Golf had allegedly attempted to push the patrol car off the road. Supt Thompson reported that one of the injured officers had been involved in five prior police vehicle rammings.
The PSNI confirmed that another officer is being treated for a serious thumb injury and was kicked by the suspect while responding to a disturbance in Newry. His colleagues also sustained injuries when responding to a domestic-related report in Mountnorris, south Armagh. Four officers received minor injuries in the Craigavon area while responding to separate reports.
Supt Thompson called the recent attacks “shameful and unacceptable” and warned that the police force would investigate them rigorously. He also said that assaults on the police were unacceptable and that society must not tolerate them as being “part of the job” of law enforcement officers
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