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Officer bitten by woman after fight at Canterbury East station
17:49, 31 May 2020
updated: 19:00, 31 May 2020
A fight at a station in Canterbury saw a man hit with a bottle and an officer bitten.
The incident happened at the city's east station just after 5pm today.
A tweet from British Transport Police said officers saw a woman hit a man with a bottle after they were called about a fight.
They said an officer was then bitten as they made an arrest.
A woman was arrested on suspicion of common assault, assaulting emergency service worker and criminal damage to a window.
The force has since tweeted to say has now been taken straight to a cell amid alleged threats made to officers at custody.
Elsewhere Kent Police teams have been on standby outside another Kent station.
