Two men have been arrested over a tomahawk attack in Stoke yesterday.
A member of the public reported seeing a man with a small axe on the town's Railway Reserve yesterday.
As police were responding to that call, a call came form the hospital to say they were treating aman who said he had been assaulted and made reference to a tomahawk.
The victim suffered bruises and grazes to his face and head.
The Railway Reserve suspect was arrested and a tomahawk was found, police said.
Inquiries established the two events were linked and a second man involved in the assault at a property in Karaka Street, Stoke was located at a Tahunanui address this morning.
Two Nelson men, aged 21 and 27, have been charged with injuring with intent to injure.
They will appear in the Nelson District Court today.
In a separate incident, a 17-year-old Nelson woman was this morning arrested and charged with assault and burglary after an incident at a Golf Rd address yesterday afternoon.
The woman allegedly entered the address and assaulted the female occupant.
She will appear at Nelson District Court next week.
