POLICE have arrested two people after a man was stabbed and sprayed with a noxious substance.
The incident happened at about 8.30pm in the Coatworth Road area of Gateshead.
Armed police who attended the scene arrested two men, both aged 43, on suspicion of GBH.
The injured man was taken to hospital, but the extent of his injuries are not known.
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