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Belfast police officer stabbed in neck was 'millimetres from death'
A police officer who was stabbed in the neck in Northern Ireland was just “millimetres from death,” according to a senior commander.
Two policemen were attacked by a suspect armed with a knife in Belfast, one stabbed in the neck and the other slashed in the face.
A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the incident on Wednesday, 1 February.
This footage shows cordons near the scene of the stabbing on Thursday.
It happened in South Belfast in the early hours of the morning.
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