{"id":966329,"date":"2026-07-29T07:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/966329\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T07:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:37:26","slug":"police-officer-stabbed-in-neck-alleged-attacker-shot-in-leg-in-adelaides-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/966329\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officer stabbed in neck, alleged attacker shot in leg in Adelaide’s north"},"content":{"rendered":"

A South Australian police officer has been seriously injured in a stabbing and her alleged attacker has been shot by police in Adelaide’s north this morning.<\/p>\n

Police said the female officer was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed in the neck.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old suspect has also been taken to hospital after being shot in the leg, but his injuries are not considered life-threatening.<\/p>\n

\"SA<\/p>\n

Police are investigating the circumstances of the incident. (ABC News: Lincoln Rothall)<\/p>\n

Police said they responded to reports of a male armed with a knife running onto Main North Road at Elizabeth East about 11am.<\/p>\n

Acting Assistant Commissioner David O’Donovan said SA Police was supporting the injured officer, and praised the actions of first responders.<\/p>\n

“During the confrontation a police officer was stabbed in the neck,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We are providing appropriate support for her colleagues and of course for her family.<\/p>\n

“She is currently receiving treatment \u2026 [and] her injuries are considered serious.”<\/p>\n

\"SA<\/p>\n

Acting Assistant Commissioner David O’Donovan says the officer has serious injuries. (ABC News: Daniel Taylor)<\/p>\n

Police have appealed for any witnesses to come forward but said there was no ongoing risk to the public.<\/p>\n

“The response by police this morning was a swift response and they responded to what was clearly an evolving and very rapidly dangerous situation,” the acting assistant commissioner said.<\/p>\n

“Their actions today were in response to an immediate threat posed by an armed individual.”<\/p>\n

\"SA<\/p>\n

Emergency services were called to the scene about 11am. (ABC News: Lincoln Rothall)<\/p>\n

Emergency services have maintained a large presence at the scene and closed a section of Main North Road, which has been blocked to southbound traffic from Midway Road.<\/p>\n

‘Really frightening’, local says<\/p>\n

At least a dozen police cars have been present at the site, and an area has been cordoned off with tape stretching from the centre of the road to a nature reserve next to the Playford City Tennis Centre.<\/p>\n

Acting Assistant Commissioner O’Donovan said Major Crime and internal investigators were examining the circumstances of the incident.<\/p>\n

\"SA<\/p>\n

Main North Road has been partially blocked amid a major police operation. (ABC News: Lincoln Rothall)<\/p>\n

He said the exact sequence of events would form part of that investigation, and that police would be speaking to the suspect “at the earliest opportunity”.<\/p>\n

“He has [allegedly] stabbed a police officer so he will be facing some very serious charges,” the acting assistant commissioner said.<\/p>\n

“The circumstances will be the subject of that investigation.”<\/p>\n

Local resident Beverley Lock said she became aware of the incident after her son returned from a walk with their dog.<\/p>\n

“There were about 30 police cars,” she said.<\/p>\n

“We were just alarmed by the number of police cars and lights and sirens going. It was very concerning.”<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Local resident Beverley Lock says it was frightening to discover what had happened. (ABC News: Lincoln Rothall)<\/p>\n

She said it was also “really frightening” to discover an officer had been stabbed.<\/p>\n

“My heart goes out to the police officer just trying to do their job,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Nobody’s life should be at risk for trying to help their community, so my heart is out there for the police officer and for the police officer’s family.”<\/p>\n

Anyone who witnessed the incident or may have dash cam footage has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n

Firefighters assisted police at the scene, and a Metropolitan Fire Service incident command vehicle and truck also attended.<\/p>\n

Police said they would reopen the road as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A South Australian police officer has been seriously injured in a stabbing and her alleged attacker has been…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":966330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,16859,388228,388229,388230,50,7207,37472],"class_list":["post-966329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-australia","tag-elizabeth","tag-elizabeth-east","tag-main-north-road","tag-major-incident","tag-news","tag-police","tag-sapol"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117002125472955001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/966330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}