Two teenagers have been taken to hospital and six have have been arrested after a suspected assault in Stevenage this afternoon.

Police were called at around 3pm today (March 13) following reports that two teenage boys had been assaulted by a group of six other teenage boys in Walkern Road.

Officers attended the scene and the two victims were taken to hospital with head and hand injuries.

The suspects have all been arrested and are in custody. Officers remain in the area carrying out enquiries.

You can report information online at herts.police.uk/report, via online web chat at herts.police.uk/contact, or by calling the non-emergency number 101, quoting ISR 441 of 13 March. 

Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org.