A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a double stabbing in Poole last month.

Emergency services were called to Sterte Close around 2.20am on Monday, October 9, 2017.

Two men were found with stab wounds to their backs.

A 34-year-old man of no fixed abode sustained injuries that were initially believed to be life-threatening and 45-year-old man from Poole was seriously injured.

Both have now left hospital.

A 31-year-old Poole man has now been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and has been released under investigation.

A 43-year-old man, of no fixed abode, was previously arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and remains released under investigation.