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Man charged after Met Police officers stabbed with screwdriver

Police at the scene in Mill Hill after two officers were attacked on Wednesday (Picture: @sortedbyfriday/Twitter)

A man has been charged with two counts of grievous bodily harm after allegedly attacking two Met Police officers with a screwdriver.

One officer was stabbed in the head and another in the arm during an incident in north London on Wednesday.

They had been called to reports of a burglary in Lawrence Gardens, Mill Hill, at 4.45pm, police said.

Roque Dos-Santos Sequerira, 29, of Lower Strand, Colindale, has also been charged with one count of burglary and two counts of possession of an offensive weapon.

He has been remanded in custody to appear at Willesden Magistrates' Court on Friday.

Both officers have since been discharged from hospital.

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