Met Police officers were badly injured after far-right ‘hooligans’ launched an attack near the Cenotaph(Picture: PA)

Nine police officers suffered injuries during violent clashes with far-right mobs who were trying to get to the Cenotaph, the Met Police has said.

Two of the officers hurt were taken to hospital with a fractured elbow and suspected dislocated hip.

The force condemned the behaviour of the ‘hooligans’ who ‘spent most of the day attacking or threatening officers’ protecting the monument in London.

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Two of the officers hurt were taken to hospital with a fractured elbow and suspected dislocated hip.