TWO police officers were injured during a chase to stop two would-be burglars.

Police received reports at about 12.30pm yesterday of two male suspects behaving suspiciously in Gunners Grove, Chingford.

They had been seen climbing over a garden wall and putting a hand through a window of an outbuilding, before jumping back over the garden wall.

Police arrived at the scene and chased the pair on foot before detaining them.

One of the officers sustained severe bruising to his fingers and the other was punched in the chin during the struggle.

Two 16-year-old youths, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before Waltham Forest Magistrates Court today charged with attempted burglary and assault on police.

One of them has also been charged with possession of a bladed article.