Four police officers injured after vehicles rammed
A police car was so badly damaged it was rendered "undriveable"
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Two men have been arrested after four police officers were injured when their cars were rammed in Belfast.
Police said the first incident in west Belfast resulted in a police car being so badly damaged it was rendered "undriveable" and left one officer suffering a minor injury.
Three officers got "non-serious injuries" in the second incident which happened in the early hours of Friday morning in east Belfast.
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Insp Stewart said the incidents were "completely unacceptable".
Police said they spotted a vehicle driving in a suspicious manner at about 23:20 (GMT) on Thursday on the Falls Road before it made off.
"Police followed the vehicle towards St Mary's Gardens, where the suspect vehicle rammed the officers' car, causing substantial damage to its front and rear door panels, before making off," Insp Stewart said.
It was later seen on the Grosvenor Road, where it was stopped by police using a stinger device.
The driver was arrested on suspicion of a number of driving offences, including dangerous driving, driving with excess alcohol in breath, and aggravated taking and driving away.
In the second incident, officers were travelling on the Beersbridge Road when they said a vehicle breached a traffic signal and collided with the rear of their own car.
After a short pursuit the driver was arrested on suspicion of a number of offences, including driving with excess alcohol in breath, dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, resisting police, and assault on police.