Man 'attacked one police officer and threw slate at another' in Ashton

A police officer was assaulted and another had a slate hurled at him after they were called to reports of a 'threatening' man in Ashton.
Police on Stocks Road, AshtonPolice on Stocks Road, Ashton
Police on Stocks Road, Ashton

Multiple police cars and vans attended the incident on Bulmer Street off Stocks Road at 11.25am today.

A man had been reported to be acting in a threatening way.

A Lancashire police spokesman said: "Officers have attended and the man has assaulted one officer before going to a nearby alleyway, picking up a slate and throwing it at a second officer."

A 46-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and remains in police custody.