A FEMALE police officer was hurt after being shot in Leytonstone High Road.

Two 17-year-olds are being questioned about the incident which took place near the junction with Wingfield Road.

Officers were speaking to people in a car in the early hours of Friday, January 23 when shots were fired from a passing Saab estate car.

The female officer suffered slight grazing to her shoulder after being hit by a bullet which had gone through a police car.

The Saab was spotted shortly after and followed by police. It was abandoned at the junction of Idmiston Road and Globe Road.

The vehicle was set on fire after which its occupants ran off.

One man was arrested at the scene and another detained later.