WA:Two policemen injured in separate attacks

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2011
WA:Two policemen injured in separate attacks

A West Australian policeman has 18 stitches in his face after being attacked with a
bottle during a brawl involving up to 150 people at a party in Broome.

A police spokeswoman says one of the partygoers threw a bottle at a police car window
before running off.

She says officers spotted the suspect during an early morning patrol and when they
tried to arrest him .. he became violent and attacked a policeman with a bottle.

A 19-year-old man is in custody but no charges have been laid.

In a separate incident .. a policeman was bitten on the arm during the arrest of two
young males in a Geraldton park and must undergo three months of tests to ensure he's
not infected.

AAP RTV anr/jmt

KEYWORD: BITE (PERTH)

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