Eight men will be produced in the Suva Magistrates Court today for allegedly attacking police officers on Friday near the Mead Road Housing complex in Nabua.
The eight have been charged with offences such as failure to produce driving license, failure obey traffic direction, dangerous driving, criminal intimidation, damaging property, resisting arrest, driving motor vehicle without drivers license.
Police Constables Waisale Senikavika, Ronald Kumar, Robakibau Drotini and Special Constable Talikai Kavou based at the Southern Highway Division were on routine patrol at around 2am last Friday when they sighted the occupants of two vehicles acting in a suspicious manner and upon approaching the men, they saw that the men were allegedly armed.
The two groups fled the scene in their car and the officers went after them which ended at Mead Road Housing where the two vehicles allegedly blocked the police car from the front and rear.
The men in the two vehicles allegedly struck the police car with iron rods and cane knives while others stoned the vehicle with the officers still inside and unable to get out.
The Police car sustained extensive damage.
Back up was called in and in a matter of minutes close to 60 officers from various Southern Division Units arrived at the scene.
