Five officers were assaulted during the arrest of a 21-year-old woman in Maidstone in one of a string of attacks on police.

The suspect reportedly damaged bottles of alcohol and assaulted a man at a shop in The Broadway at 7.35pm.

Officers attended and arrested a woman a short distance away. While being detained she is reported to have assaulted five police officers

None were seriously injured.

It was one of multiple assaults on officers on the same night, according to Kent Police.

The force tweeted to say: "Several officers have been assaulted responding to multiple incidents tonight.

"In each case their colleagues have quickly and bravely been there to help and prevent serious injury."

West Division Commander Ch Supt Amanda Tillotson replied to say: "I hope all the officers are ok? It’s not acceptable to assault our officers and staff, hopefully a few arrests and charges to follow. We will not tolerate this."

A spokesman was unable to provide details for all the call-outs in which its officers were injured, but all suspects were arrested, it was confirmed.