Officers injured in deliberate car ramming

BBC
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A yellow and blue police car with extensive damage to the front. The headlights are smashed an the bumper is falling off.
The incident happened around 23:20 GMT [PSNI]

Two police officers have been injured after a police car was deliberately rammed in Newry in County Armagh on Friday night.

The officers were called to a suspected stolen vehicle parked in the forecourt of a garage on the Belfast Road at 23:20 GMT.

The car accelerated and collided with one of the police vehicles, causing extensive damage and injuries to the two officers inside.

The suspected stolen car, a blue Mazda Demio, was later located in Bessbrook.

In a separate incident, a second police vehicle was rammed by a silver van in the Dobsons Way area of Bessbrook just after 02:30 GMT on Saturday morning.

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