Moment brothers slash police officers in shopping centre knife attack

This is the harrowing moment a pair of thug brothers slash two police officers during a terrifying knife attack in a shopping centre – as they are convicted of wounding with intent.<br>Maninder Hunjan, 26, and Parminder Hunjan, 37, smoked cannabis before launching the frenzied assault inside the New Square shopping centre, West Bromwich, on July 21 last year.<br>Body-worn footage has captured the moment two police officers could be heard screaming at members of the public to flee as the brothers began swinging knives towards them.<br>PC Leon Mittoo and PC James Willetts shouted ‘he’s a got a knife’ and ‘stop, stop now’ as they heroically tried to detain the knife-wielding men.<br>  The moment Parmindr Hunjan begins to run towards a police officer armed with a knife outside the New Square shopping centre in West Bromwich on July 21 last year<br> Police body worn footage captured the entire incident, which left the two officers fearing for their lives<br> A knife is seen in the hand of Parminder as begins to launch himself in the direction of the officers<br> PC James Willetts (pictured) suffered a wound to the back of his head while trying to detain the two brothers<br> Maninder Hunjan, 26, (left) and Parminder Hunjan, 37, (right) smoked cannabis before launching the frenzied assault inside the New Square shopping centre, West Bromwich, on July 21 last year<br> Maninder Hunjan is heroically tackled to the ground by the officers, who were also assisted by a nearby security guard<br> The brothers were today convicted of wounding with intent following a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court<br> A CCTV still of the moment the two brothers launched their ferocious attack outside the shopping centre<br> Two police officers sprint to the scene to assist their colleagues as they desperately attempt to detain the two brothers<br> PC Leon Mittoo suffered a slash wound to his head, which required stitches, along with cuts to his hand<br>The footage showed one of the officers desperately wrestling with both men as horrified onlookers screamed in the background.<br>PC Mittoo suffered a slash wound to his head, which required stitches, along with cuts to his hand, while PC Willetts suffered a wound to the back of his head.  <br>The Hunjan brothers were today convicted of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in relation to the attack on PC Willetts following a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court. <br> RELATED ARTICLES

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They were also found guilty of possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence after officers discovered a BB gun, revolver, machete, serrated blade, hammer and Slot Online a Bushman’s knife in their rucksacks.<br>Parminder was convicted of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm to PC Mittoo, but Maninder was cleared of assaulting the same officer.<br>Both defendants were cleared of attempted murder. <br>The court heard that the men had left both officers ‘fearing they were going to die’.<br> The cache of weapons found inside one of the backpacks, including a revolver, knife and a hammer<br> The two brothers say they had smoked cannabis before the harrowing incident in broad daylight<br> The body worn footage captured the moment the two brothers were eventually wrestled to the ground following a desperate struggle<br>The cops had tried to stop the Hunjan brothers under Section 60 stop and search powers which were in place at the time of the incident.<br>However, the brothers quickly became violent when the officers tried to stop them outside a row of shops in West Bromwich’s shopping precinct.<br>The assailants began slashing at the officers with their cache of weapons, despite being hit with pepper spray, as a local security guard rushed to help.<br>PC Leon Mittoo told the court he was ‘fighting for his life’, adding: ‘I thought I was going to die.

I was bleeding. I intended to survive.<br>’I can’t remember how many times he tried to stab me, my stab vest protected me. Numerous times, many on my back.'<br>Earlier, Parminder gave evidence in his own trial and blamed the attack on his ‘prolonged cannabis use’, claiming it he was not thinking clearly and did not try to stab anyone.<br>Meanwhile, Maninder told jurors he was ‘paranoid and anxious’ at the time and thought the police officers were ‘trying to attack him and his family’.<br>He said he did not realise they were police and that he was under the influence of cannabis while out shopping with his brother and sister.<br>Following the verdict, Judge Michael Chambers QC said: ‘Everything in this case is consistent with the profile of terrorism.<br>’Isolated dependence at home, spending most of their time on the internet, going around with backpacks full of lethal weapons.<br>’But I am clearly not going to sentence on the basis of terrorism unless there is evidential basis to support that.<br>’But it is my intention to treat these defendants as dangerous offenders.<br>’This is clearly an extremely serious and worrying case.'<br>The brothers will be sentenced at the same court on May 9.<br>

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