Police were called to an incident on Heretaunga St West. Photo / File
Police were called to an incident on Heretaunga St West. Photo / File
A woman in her 30s has been injured in an alleged assault in Hastings on Thursday morning.
Police were called to an incident in the back carpark of Unichem Stortford Lodge pharmacy on Heretaunga St West, which a witness described as a stabbing, about 11.30am.
A police spokeswoman said threepeople had been arrested in relation to the assault, which involved a knife, and charges were still being considered.
No one else was being sought by police.
A witness said the people involved in the altercation were not staff or customers of the pharmacy.
They said a woman was stabbed by what looked like a kitchen knife as part of a brawl involving multiple people.
The woman presented to Hawke's Bay Hospital's emergency department soon after. A Hawke's Bay DHB spokeswoman said the woman was assessed, treated and discharged on Thursday afternoon.
