Police sergeant and constable injured

The two officers were confonting a man who resisted arrest and became agressive 

A police sergeant and constable were injured after confronting a man at Floriana this morning.

The man was acting suspiciously and cutting grass with a sharp object in Vilhena garden, Floriana when the police confronted him.

He became aggressive and resisted arrest, and as a result injured the two police officers.

The aggressor, a 23-year-old man from Chad, and resides in Marsa, has been arrested.

A police investigation is ongoing.