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West Yorkshire Police have shared pictures of the officer who suffered facial injuries when he was attacked during demonstrations in Leeds city centre on Saturday

The special constable was left with cuts to his face and a suspected broken nose when he was hit by a bottle during a planned protest by supporters of jailed EDL leader Tommy Robinson and counter protest by the Leeds Anti-fascist Network.

The images of the injuries were tweeted with a short message saying that the victim was 'recovering well' but that 'a few more hospital visits were booked'.

Three arrests were made by West Yorkshire Police during the demonstrations which closed roads in the city centre.

250 far right protesters took part in the first march, organised by the 'Yorkshire Patriots' group and in support of jailed EDL founder Tommy Robinson.

The larger rally was a counter-protest by Leeds Anti-fascist Network and saw 750 people take to the streets chanting 'Where's your Tommy gone'.

Police were forced to try to keep both parties separate during the disturbance, with both sides meeting at a similar time on Boar Lane near Leeds Train Station just after midday.

Police lines were formed along Boar Lane and Vicar Lane before the protesters headed up Briggate and along the Headrow in two separate marches.

There was around 40 minutes of serious disruption to traffic and residents on Vicar Lane but no serious disorder.

Chief Superintendent Mabs Hussain, who was the commander of the operation, said:

“I would like to pass on my gratitude to all officers and staff, partnership agencies, residents and visitors to Leeds and Wakefield, for their conduct and co-operation during the demonstrations this afternoon, which did cause some disruption for a short period of time.

'This is completely unacceptable and the incident is being investigated'

“One of our special constables, who volunteered to work today, was injured during the demonstrations in Leeds.

"This is completely unacceptable and the incident is currently being investigated.

“We ensured we had appropriate resources including assistance from our mounted section and additional high visibility police officers, to minimize the disruption caused as much as possible.”

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