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Article: Knifeman stabs police dog handler in the head.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- January 4, 2008
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Byline: Nick McDermott
A POLICE dog handler was stabbed in the head after officers were calledto a disturbance at a block of flats.
They were responding to a report of a serious assault yesterday when theychased a man fleeing the scene.
He pulled a knife on the pursuing police, stabbing the dog handler at leastthree times in his head and face, witnesses said.
The constable, who is in his thirties, was taken to hospital.
His condition was said not to be life-threatening.
Another officer armed with a Taser stun-gun and baton caught the attacker withthe help of a passer-by.