Mayfield: Police officer injured in funfair attack
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Sussex Police said an officer was receiving hospital treatment for a 'serious cut to the face'
A police officer suffered a "serious" cut to their face during disorder at a funfair in Sussex.
Sussex Police said officers were called to King George Field in Mayfield, East Sussex, by a private security firm on Saturday night.
Nine people have been arrested on suspicion of a number of offences including assaulting an emergency worker and public order offences.
They remain in custody.
Det Supt Miles Ockwell said: "As officers sought to make an arrest, they were attacked by a group of young people and had to deploy incapacitant spray to try to defend themselves.
"One of our officers sustained a serious cut to the face and they are receiving hospital treatment.
He added a dispersal zone was in place in the area preventing groups from "gathering and committing offences".
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