A police officer was stabbed at a house and is in critical condition.
Around 8 o’clock yesterday evening, the officer was attacked while on duty at a property in Maidstone, Kent.
After the assault at a location in Albion Place, he was transported by air ambulance to a hospital.
At the scene, a Maidstone resident, 48, was taken into custody.
While investigations are ongoing, he is still in custody.
A Kent Police spokesman said: ‘The officer was airlifted to a London hospital with injuries consistent with stab wounds.
‘He remains there in a serious but stable condition.’
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