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Nude woman hits officer in face after threatening people with knife

Seattle police vehicle, file photo
Seattle police vehicle Seattle police vehicle, file photo (KIRO 7 News)

SEATTLE — Seattle police said a nude woman hit an officer as she was being arrested for threatening people with a knife on Friday.

Officers said they were called to the 200 block of Broadway East in the Capitol Hill neighborhood around 9:15 p.m. after the nude woman approached people, brandished a knife, made threats, and then ran away.

She continued north on Broadway East and made more threats to people in the 900 block.

Officers caught up to the woman in the 2300 block in the Eastlake neighborhood after she brandished the knife and threatened several other people.

Police said she hit an officer in the face while officers were arresting her.

While she was being booked into the King County Jail, police said she attacked two jail officers.

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