Police investigating attack on officers with hunting knife as attempted murder

Police are investigating an incident in which officers in Londonderry were attacked with a five inch hunting knife as attempted murder.

One officer was stabbed in the leg with the weapon and required stitches during the incident in the early hours of Thursday.

Police also said there was an attempt to stab another officer in the torso but he was saved from injury by his body armour.

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill described the attack as “utterly reprehensible”.

Police Service of Northern Ireland deputy chief constable Bobby Singleton said: “During the early hours of this morning, police were conducting inquiries in relation to a wanted person in the Collon Lane area of the city.

“One officer was speaking with a man at the property when he became aggressive, swinging