A MAN was taken to hospital after a suspected stabbing during a large brawl in the middle of a street.

A Northumbria Police spokesman said officers responded to reports of around ten people fighting on Clavering Road, in Swalwell, Gateshead at around 8.30pm on Sunday.

The spokesman added: "Emergency services attended and a 39-year-old man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries that were consistent with a stabbing.

"Everyone else involved in the incident had fled the area."

Detectives are carrying out a number of inquiries and have already spoken to a number of people in the area.

They are now appealing for anyone who hasn’t spoken to police to call Northumbria Police on 101.

  • Anyone who saw what happened, or has information about the people involved, is encouraged to call Northumbria Police on 101 quoting log 1144 15/07/18 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
  • Information can also be provided online at www.northumbria.pnn.police.uk/contact or by emailing central.intelligence@northumbria.pnn.police.uk.