Two police officers strangled and one left unconscious in Colchester attack

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A police officer was left unconscious after being strangled in a late-night attack on a excessive road in Essex, along with his colleague additionally assaulted.

Essex Police had been known as to experiences that two males had been assaulting one other man in North Station Road, in Colchester, at round 10.30pm on Saturday night time.

One officer arrived to seek out two folks operating from the realm, however when he caught up with the suspects he was assaulted and strangled, the power stated.

The suspects once more tried to flee and when a second officer caught up with them, he was too attacked and strangled from behind.

Both police officers had been taken to hospital for therapy however have since been discharged.

A 37-year-old man and a teen, aged 17, have now been arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency employee and intentional strangulation.

Detective Chief Inspector Rob Huddleston stated: “Policing is rightly scrutinised by the public, given the responsibility the role requires but very often what the public do not see is selfless, brave officers literally running towards danger to do their job.

“They do that all through the day, late at night and in the early hours of the morning so the rest of us don’t have to. Their families expect them to come home safely from their shift and last night, there were two very worried families.

“Thankfully, ours is a family force. We look after each other and we support each other. One of the officers involved in this incident is an Essex Police Special.

“Whilst he is trained to the same level as a regular officer, he is not paid for his work; he volunteers his time and we are lucky to have him and his many Special colleagues across the force.”

Police consider the struggle between the three males and the assault on the officers had been witnessed by folks passing by and have appealed for anybody with info to come back ahead.