Rome: They attack the police with a machete, two arrests.

It all started shortly after the midnight, when two patrol car crews, engaged in territorial control, intercepted a group of about ten people stationed in the area Quarticciolo and they decided to stop for a police check.

Taking advantage of the numerical superiority, one of those present, in an attempt to avoid identification, thrown at an officer then flee in the direction of Via Cerignola. Meanwhile, another man took advantage of the confusion to disappear in the opposite direction.

In a few minutes they are additional crews arrived on site.

The first fugitive was reached and blocked, but he opposed physical endurance, kicking the officer in an attempt to break free. During the struggle, he moved towards a low plant nearby, from which he extracted a machete, with the clear intent of brandish it at the policeman. The agent, with a quick maneuver, He managed to disarm and immobilize him, with the support of the second crew that arrived.

Meanwhile, the second fugitive was blocked in via Manfredonia, where a patrol car blocked his path.

The two men, stopped not without difficulty, They were arrested for resisting and injuring a public official in competition. The youngest, a 19 year old Tunisian, will also have to answer for the carrying objects capable of offending.

The other people present at the time of the check took advantage of the confusion to run away and disappear without a trace.

Two agents they reported bruises, with a prognosis of four days due to the resistance put up by those arrested.