Six people have been charged after two off-duty police officers were allegedly assaulted at an upmarket shopping centre in Adelaide's eastern suburbs.
SA Police were called to Burnside Village just before 5:15pm on Thursday after reports that the off-duty officers had been attacked while assisting a security guard at the shopping centre, on Portrush Road, Glenside.
The security guard had detained several people who were suspected of shoplifting.
Police will allege the off-duty officers were assaulted by the suspects.
The six suspects were arrested when police patrols arrived on the scene, and the off-duty officers were both taken to hospital.
A 19-year-old man and two women from Mawson Lakes, a 21-year-old from Thevenard, a 32-year-old from Salisbury North and a 17-year-old from Renown Park have been charged with aggravated robbery, three counts of aggravated assault causing harm and aggravated assault.
They have been refused bail and will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court and Adelaide Youth Court today.
SA Police is urging those who witnessed the incident or have video footage to contact Crime Stoppers.
Incident follows shoplifting and car chase in 2018
In late December 2018, a woman was arrested after allegedly stealing clothing from Burnside Village before leading police on a car chase through South Australia's Clare Valley region.
The 28-year-old Whyalla woman had allegedly shoplifted more than $6,000 of clothes, before she was pursued for more than two hours.
She was arrested after crashing her four wheel drive into two police cars.
