Police Injured By Boy With Slingshot

Police injured in slingshot attack

Two police officers on Palm Island, off Townsville in north Queensland, have received minor injuries from what is believed to have been a slingshot attack on their patrol vehicle.

A small metal ball smashed through the passenger side of the vehicle while it was on patrol at about 9:20pm AEST yesterday.

A female officer has minor cuts on her arms while the other officer received cuts to the arms and one leg.

Police are still trying to locate the offender.

Police say the attack is another example of the regular acts of violence aimed at officers in the north Queensland Indigenous community.

Northern Region Superintendent John Howell says a metal object believed to be a bocce ball was launched through the patrol car's windscreen.

He says attacks on police vehicles at Palm Island are still happening more than a year after the police precinct was torched by locals following a death in custody.