Three officers from the Public Security Police were attacked by a man wielding a hammer and a hoe.The attack took place in Olhão at around 6 pm on Tuesday.
The police had responded to a warning from a member of the public that a man was causing trouble at an auto-repair workshop in the town.
When the police arrived, they tried to calm the man but were attacked, suffering injuries from a hammer and a hoe.
The 45-year-old man, whose motives for the attack are, as yet, unknown, was arrested and the PSP agents had to be taken to Faro Hospital to have their wounds treated.
One officer has a broken finger and a shoulder injury, another had suffered a head injury which required stitches.
UPDATE 28 February: the attacker was in court on Wednesday morning and is to be admitted to Faro hospital’s psychiatric ward for evaluation, as ordered by the judge.
A police source said that, "When the officers arrived in a patrol car, the man went into the workshop and stripped himself, covered himself with oil and then assaulted the agents before being detained."
