Sheffield axe attack on police: Everything we know so far

We’ve pulled together everything on the incident into one place to keep you up to speed on the latest developments of the Gleadless Valley attack.

*How the incident unfolded

-Police were called to a flat on Plowright Close, Gleadless Valley, at about 7.50pm.

-But the man they were attempting to arrest fled to the Co-Operative store on Newfield Green, near the junction of Blackstock Road and Gleadless Road

-The man was hurling missiles at staff.

-It is understood that the attacker managed to grab a baton from an officer and use it against the police during the struggle.

The block of flats where the incident first began

-The Star arrived on scene at about 9.30pm, at which time several ambulances were leaving the scene with a police escort. Part of Gleadless Road was shut for several hours.

-The man was arrested, but five officers were hurt in the incident including a female police officer who required surgery today.

Police officer faces surgery after violence flared during arrest in Sheffield

*The brave injured female officer

The Co-Op where a man in his 30s was arrested

-The female officer injured was one of five hurt in the attack.

-She has been named as PC Lisa Bates.

-In addition to a fractured skull and leg, she suffered severe injuries to her hands as she tried to defend herself from the man wielding the axe.

-Chf Supt Hartley said the injured female officer works in the local community.

-He described the incident as ‘traumatic’ and said that although officers expect some hostility and violence in the line of duty, last night’s attack was ‘exceptional’.

-He said the incident had come as a ‘real shock’ and revealed that he had visited the injured officer in hospital at 6.30am today.

South Yorkshire Police chiefs praised the bravery of the officers who were injured: VIDEO Police chiefs praise officers

*The axeman’s arrest

-The man, aged in his 30s, was arrested after being tasered by police

-The arrest happened inside the Co-op store on Blackstock Road.

-Several accounts of how the arrest was made surfaced on social media.

VIDEO of police on the scene: VIDEO of police on the scene

A man appeared in court on Friday morning charged with attempted murder: Sheffield man charged with attempted murder

*The hero member of the public who intervened

-Simon Ellis, aged 46, claims he spotted the injured policewoman ‘half-staggering and half-falling’ out of a stairwell in Plowright Close, Gleadless Valley, while being pursued by a ‘bodybuilder with an axe’.

-He said the officer was on the ground with her baton up for protection ‘pleading with somebody to help her and stop him hurting her’.

-So I dragged her by her body armour with blood pouring out everywhere to my house.

“I dragged her through the front door into the hallway where I locked her in.

“I put a pillow under the police officer’s head and tried to parcel up her fingers best I could with a handkerchief.

“Police say I saved her life but I’m not having that.”

The man has also gone on video to say how he did it: VIDEO How I saved policewoman from axeman

*The Star on Friday has SEVEN pages of coverage of the attack including exclusive interviews about the attack and the response from the Gleadless Valley’s residents - Axe Horror: The Aftermath Special Report