A police officer almost lost her hand while responding to an attack by a sword-wielding man in London’s Hainault neighborhood.
While speaking on LBC Radio following the vicious Tuesday, April 30, attack, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley opened up about visiting the officer — whose identity has not been released — at the hospital.
“I was talking to the family and colleagues of the officer, woman officer, who [has] a really badly damaged arm, really seriously damaged, and the surgeon spent sort of many, many hours basically putting her arm back together,” he said. “It’s going to be a long journey to recovery.”
After being asked if reports stating that the female officer was close to losing her hand were accurate, Rowley answered, “That’s not a million miles away. It’s really horrifically serious injuries.”
“Based on what the surgeon was saying…
