Policewoman stabbed in neck, suspected attacker shot on Adelaide street

A policewoman has been stabbed in the neck and her suspected attacker shot in the leg in a daylight attack in Adelaide’s north.

Police said they received several reports from the public about a man armed with a knife running across Main North Road, Elizabeth East, on Wednesday morning.

Officers responded immediately, but when they went to confront the armed man, a police officer was stabbed in the neck, and the 27-year-old suspect was shot in the leg by police.

Both were rushed to hospital for treatment for their injuries, with the suspect in police custody while receiving medical care.

The injuries to both the police officer and her alleged attacker are not considered life-threatening.

Addressing the media on Wednesday afternoon, Superintendent David O’Donovan said the alleged assailant will be charged over the incident.

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“I can assure you that we will be putting to the court all of the circumstances as they occurred,” he said.

“He will be facing some very serious charges ... I’ll leave that to your imagination. He has stabbed a police officer.”

He said the 27-year-old man, from Woodville Gardens, was not known to police.

O’Donovan praised the officers involved, saying they responded to what was “clearly an evolving and very rapidly dangerous situation”.

“There is no police officer who comes to work looks forward to being assaulted ... it is a harsh reality of the work that we do that we are often confronted with these situations,” he said.

Police said there is no ongoing threat to the community.

Major crime detectives and internal investigation officers have been called in, alongside local investigators, to examine the incident.

Anyone who witnessed what happened, particularly motorists with dashcam footage from the area, is being urged to contact authorities.