Two people injured after assaults in Preston
Ambulances and police were called to the scene on Ripon Street at around 10.30am on Monday, June 18.
Police say a 60-year-old woman suffered a suspected head injury and a cut to her neck and a 64-year-old man suffered a head injury in the same incident.
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Hide AdThe man was arrested on suspicion of assault and affray and the woman was arrested on suspicion of assault.
Witnesses in the area reported seeing a heavy police presence together with ambulances in the street.
A police spokesman said: "We were called to reports of an assault on Ripon Street, Preston.
"Officers and paramedics attended.
"A knife and a hammer have been recovered."
Police are treating the assaults as an isolated incident.