Update: 0900 hrs

All four have been released on bail pending further enquiries until March 12.

YH has been informed that the injuries were not as a result of a stabbing.

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FOUR people have been arrested on suspicion of GBH after a man was assaulted inside a flat in The Stow, Harlow, this morning, Sunday 16 February.

Officer were contacted at 9.45am with reports a man had been stabbed.

The first officers were on the scene win six minutes of the initial call and in total four people were arrested – a 26-year-old man from Harlow, a 30-year-old man from Harlow, a 32-year-old woman from Bury St Edmunds and a 41-year-old woman from Harlow.

All have been arrested on suspicion of GBH.

The victim, a man in his 20s from Harlow, was taken to hospital for treatment to injuries not believed to be life-threatening.

Any witnesses should contact Harlow CID on 101.