Warrants issued for hit and run suspects

ARREST warrants have been issued for the thugs suspected of carrying out the hit and run attack on two police officers.

The pair were left for dead after a blue Nissan Qashqai deliberately reversed into them as they tried to speak to the occupants on a Glasgow street.

It is understood warrants have been issued for ‘a number of named individuals’ in connection with the incident.

Appearing before the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), Deputy Chief Constable Iain Livingstone said he was satisfied the inquiry had been ‘well resourced’ and the tactics used ‘appropriate’.

It followed criticism from the Scottish Police Federation (SPF), representing rank-and-file officers, which said earlier this week that the force had waited too long

‘Colleague out of intensive care’

to issue a public appeal through social media.

Mr Livingstone said the female officer might have died had it not been for the actions of her colleague, who pulled her from under the wheels of the car.

He said: ‘Our colleague is out of intensive care and the condition of both officers is improving.

‘A full, thorough and proper investigative response was put in place and next of kin notified.

‘A public appeal for information was made as part of the ongoing investigation.

‘An SPF representative was briefed at 8.30am on Monday.’

The officers were targeted around 11.15 pm on Sunday after they were called out to a disturbance in Knightswood.

One of the officers, PC Robert Fitzsimmons, 31, was discharged after being injured.

PC Debbie Lawson, 30, remains in hospital.