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Carlisle woman charged with attempted murder of Cumbria Police officers
A woman has been charged with attempting to murder two police Police was called to a property in the area of Newtown Road, Carlisle, at 09:30 BST on Wednesday, where an occupant allegedly assaulted the officers with a knife.A female officer suffered injuries to her face, which were described as non-life threatening, and a male officer suffered a hand Smaile, 25, of Lister Court, Carlisle, was charged with two counts of attempted murder and is due to appear before magistrates.
She was also charged with threatening a person with a knife in a private officers have since been discharged from hospital, the force said, and are receiving Supt Andy Wilkinson said: "Our officers and staff work incredibly hard to keep people in Cumbria safe."Police officers, like everyone else in society, should be able to go to work without fear of being assaulted."
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