A neighbour armed with a serrated knife has slashed a police officer across the face before being shot in the inner Brisbane suburb of Kangaroo Point.
The incident unfolded as police tried to serve a warrant on a man at a unit complex in Riverview Terrace at about 11.30 a.m. on Wednesday.
The man initially refused entry before eventually allowing officers access after a brief negotiation.
As the officers spoke with the man, they were ambushed by a neighbour armed with a large serrated blade.
“They were confronted by a male from another unit that has entered in the unit and stabbed one of our officers in the chin with a 20-centimetre serrated knife,” Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham told reporters at the scene….