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| Police officer hurt in stabbing | Police officer hurt in stabbing |
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| A police officer was stabbed as he investigating reports of criminal damage at a house on Merseyside. | A police officer was stabbed as he investigating reports of criminal damage at a house on Merseyside. |
| The 48-year-old was wounded in the head and neck when he went on a call to the Huyton area just after midnight. | The 48-year-old was wounded in the head and neck when he went on a call to the Huyton area just after midnight. |
| He was taken to Whiston hospital by colleagues in a patrol car and later released after treatment. | He was taken to Whiston hospital by colleagues in a patrol car and later released after treatment. |
| Merseyside police said a 42-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and was due to be questioned by officers. | |
| Police say two officers were sent to the house when a woman reported damage to a door and a car in Ardennes Road. | |
| The officers were talking to the people in the house when a man stabbed the 48-year-old officer in the head and neck before running away. | |
| Shortly after the incident, officers arrested a man nearby and recovered a knife. |