STATION: Police were called to Malvern Link Station
A WOMAN holding a knife in Malvern had to be tasered by a police officer after she attempted to hurt herself.
Officers were called out at around 1.30pm today after reports of a woman walking through traffic towards the railway station.
The woman was carrying a knife and threatening to hurt herself, making her way onto the train tracks at the station.
After attempts to talk to her failed, she attempted to injure herself, at which point she was tasered by an officer.
Inspector Alex Warner from Malvern SNT said: "At around 1.30pm today (Tuesday 6 April) officers were called due to concern for a woman’s safety in Malvern as she made her way through traffic on foot, towards the railway station.