Police: Man Stabs Three Police Officers Responding to Incident in Bratislava

Bratislava, 5 November (TASR) - A man with a knife attacked three police officers who were responding to an incident on Rudroffova Street in Bratislava on Wednesday night, Bratislava region police reported on Thursday, adding that all three officers sustained injuries. Police officers were dispatched to the scene in response to a conflict between the residents of a flat. The 39-year-old assailant has been detained, and the police are currently carrying out necessary procedural steps with him. The attack on the police officers has been confirmed by Emergency Medical Service Operations Centre spokesperson Petra Klimesova. The police officers were called to the scene shortly before 11 p.m. "While they were examining the report, the 39-year-old man put up active resistance using a knife, injuring three police officers in the process," said the police. They added that an investigator from Bratislava III District Police Directorate has launched a criminal investigation into the matter regarding the crime of assaulting a public official. The police said that they will provide further details as soon as the situation allows. Klimesova added that three emergency medical service crews responded at the scene. "Paramedics treated and subsequently transported three patients to hospitals in Bratislava: a 32-year-old man with an open wound to his finger, a 39-year-old man experiencing breathing difficulties, and a 26-year-old man with a head injury," she said. ko/df