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Officer stabbed in police station | Officer stabbed in police station |
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A police constable has been stabbed while working behind the front counter of a north London police station, said Scotland Yard. | A police constable has been stabbed while working behind the front counter of a north London police station, said Scotland Yard. |
The policeman was injured at Wood Green Police Station, in Wood Green, at about 0315 GMT on Sunday. | The policeman was injured at Wood Green Police Station, in Wood Green, at about 0315 GMT on Sunday. |
He was taken to a north London hospital where he is in a stable condition. | He was taken to a north London hospital where he is in a stable condition. |
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said a 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the attack. He is being held at a north London police station. | |
'Shiny complexion' | 'Shiny complexion' |
Police said the attacker jumped over the front counter of the police station before stabbing the officer once in the abdomen. He then fled. | Police said the attacker jumped over the front counter of the police station before stabbing the officer once in the abdomen. He then fled. |
Officers are appealing for witnesses and information and are keen to speak to a man of about 6ft with "a shiny complexion" and a goatee beard who was spotted standing under a tree opposite the police station just before the attack. | |
He was wearing a blue top with a thin vertical stripe down its front. | |
They also want to trace a man, aged about 30, who came into the station to enquire about a family member five minutes before the stabbing. | |
They believe he might have seen the suspect entering or leaving the building. | They believe he might have seen the suspect entering or leaving the building. |