Man charged with attempted murder after cop allegedly slashed with sword during call out
Police allege a sword-wielding attack on a South Australian police officer was an attempt to kill both her and her partner.
9News believes it was sparked by reports of a man unleashing a brutal assault on his own mother.
"I understand there was a female and a male officer and the counts of attempted murder relate to both the alleged attack on both the female officer and the male officer," Police Minister Dan Cregan said.
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A 30-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly attacking a police officer with a sword in South Australia. Nine
Emergency medical experts raced to Port Augusta after the incident about 10.40am (11.10am AEDT) to help fly the officer to the Royal Adelaide Hospital, where she needed surgery on her hand.
She's recovering in a stable condition.
The person allegedly wielding the sword at the block of units on High Street was a 30-year-old man.
Police were called there to reports he was assaulting his mother, who lives there.
They used capsicum spray after he'd allegedly already struck.
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A police officer has been allegedly stabbed with a sword while responding to a domestic disturbance in South Australia. Nine
The 30-year-old man was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder and hinder police.
He was also charged with assault and breach of an intervention order relating to the initial domestic disturbance where he allegedly assaulted a woman he knew.
Police Association president Inspector Wade Burns said officers just want to get home from work safely.
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South Australia's Police Commissioner Grant Stevens. 9News
"Any attack on a South Australian police officer is disgraceful," he said.
"Let's be really clear about this. The offender [allegedly] attacked the police officer with a sword."
The man did not apply for bail and is due to appear in Port Augusta Magistrates Court tomorrow.
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