San Jose: Officer stabbed while arresting man seen with machete, police say
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In San Jose, a police officer was injured when he was stabbed in the arm while apprehending a suspect who had threatened a security guard with a machete. The incident took place on Tuesday morning near Coleman Avenue and Taylor Street. Initially, officers responded to reports of the suspect displaying a machete. The man attempted to evade arrest but was confronted by police, during which he pulled out a second knife and attacked one officer. Both the officer and the suspect were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, and the investigation is ongoing.
A police officer was stabbed in the arm during an arrest of a man who previously brandished a machete at a security guard in San Jose.
The incident unfolded when officers arrived to find a man threatening a guard; he fled but was later detained, resulting in the stabbing.
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