In one incident five officers were injured when a man attacked them with a large piece of broken glass
Seventeen police officers have been assaulted in incidents across Northern Ireland in the past 24 hours, the PSNI has revealed.
The 38-year-old was subsequently charged with a number of offences including assault on police, grievous bodily harm, criminal damage and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He will appear at Enniskillen Magistrates court in the morning. Two of the injured officers required hospital treatment but returned to duty.
In Ballymena, three officers attending a reported assault on a man in the Linenhall Street area were punched in the face and head, and had their uniform and equipment damaged. A 28-year-old man was arrested and is currently in police custody. In a separate incident, a 30-year-old woman was charged to court after assaulting an officer outside a Belfast hospital and causing criminal damage to a police car. She is expected to appear at Belfast Magistrates on 3rd November.
"Whilst we come to work knowing we could be faced with difficult and dangerous situations, it is completely unacceptable that officers should be physically attacked.