An off-duty West Australian policeman has been beaten up, suffering a suspected broken nose, when he tried to stop a graffiti vandal in central Perth.
It was one of several assaults on police officers in Perth and Kalgoorlie over the weekend.
Just after midnight (WST) on Sunday, an off-duty officer saw a man spraying graffiti on a pole in Hay Street and advised him to stop.
But the vandal lashed out and became even more aggressive when the officer identified himself as a policeman, a police spokeswoman said.
She said three other men joined in the assault and pushed the off-duty officer’s girlfriend around.
The officer, who suffered extensive bruising and a possible broken nose, would be off work for some time, the spokeswoman said.
Police have yet to make any arrests and are seeking witnesses to the incident.
About 11pm on Saturday night, police were called to Edgewater in Perth’s north where dozens of people were reported to be fighting in the street after a party.
Bottles and rocks were thrown at police as they tried to disperse the crowd and two brothers, aged 15 and 16, were arrested.
They were charged with assaulting and obstructing police and disorderly conduct.
Police were also assaulted in Kalgoorlie on the weekend.
When officers tried to break up a brawl and arrest a 35-year-old woman for assaulting a man, one officer was assaulted by a man and another by a 14-year-old girl, allowing the arrested woman to escape.
The police spokeswoman said the woman was later re-arrested and charged with assaulting and obstructing police, escaping lawful custody and disorderly behaviour.
The 14-year-old girl was charged with assaulting and obstructing police.
In another incident in Kalgoorlie, a 47-year-old woman acting aggressively to some people, kicked an officer and will face an assault charge, police said.
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