Passersby attack police officer in Hackney, East London

Officers were responding to an assault in Hackney, east London, when they were assaulted yesterday Both officers, a man and a woman, suffered minor injuries, with one of the officers being punched in the head Two men, aged 20 and 38, were arrested on suspicion of assaulting an officer and remain in police custody Home Secretary Priti Patel last night condemned the attack as sickening, shocking disgraceful in a tweet Chair of the Met Police Federation warned danger to officers is escalating, and said: