TWO PEOPLE have been charged and eight others arrested after a teenager was stabbed and left with serious injuries following an assault in Poole.   

The 18-year-old was rushed to hospital with a stab wound after the incident on Vale Road at around 12.05am on August 23.

A 15-year-old boy from Poole, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was previously arrested and charged with grievous bodily harm with intent and threatening with a bladed article.

Following police enquiries, Thomas Maxime Omar Sweeney, aged 19 and of Okeford Fitzpaine, has been re-arrested and charged with grievous bodily harm with intent and threatening with a bladed article.

Both males are due to appear at Poole Magistrates Court' on Thursday, September 26.

Detectives have previously also made several arrests including:

A 16-year-old girl from Bournemouth arrested on suspicion of affray remains on police bail.

A 16-year-old boy from Poole arrested on suspicion of attempted murder remains on police bail.

A 17-year-old boy from Poole arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender remains on police bail.

A 15-year-old boy from Poole arrested on suspicion of attempted murder remains on police bail.

Another 16-year-old boy from Poole arrested on suspicion of attempted murder remains on police bail.

A 16-year-old boy from Poole arrested on suspicion of affray and assisting an offender remains on police bail.

A 56-year-old man from Poole arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender remains released under investigation.

A 35-year-old woman from Poole arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender remains released under investigation.