A WOMAN was taken to hospital after a reported serious assault.

Police officers were called to a report of a fight in Roumelia Lane, Boscombe, at 11am on Tuesday.

They cordoned off an area behind a set of flats almost opposite La Boheme art gallery and forensic officers examined the area.

A 34-year-old Bournemouth woman was treated for non-life threatening injuries.

A 35-year-old man of no fixed abode has been in arrested in connection with the incident.

Several residents said they were told there had been a stabbing.

A Dorset Police spokesman said enquiries were at an early stage and no further details were available.

A shopkeeper said: “I heard girls shouting and somebody in the lane asked me to phone the police.”

Benjamin Robinson, from Moontree Gallery and Holistic Health Centre on Sea Road, said: “It’s awful this has happened because there are some really good people trying to lift the area up.”

Police are appealing for witnesses to call them on 101 or on the confidential Crimestoppers hotline, 0800 555 111.