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Five people injured in 'free-for-all' brawl involving 20 youths outside college: Casualties are 'wheeled away on stretchers' after mass 'stabbings' in front of horrified parents who had come to collect their children

Five people have been rushed to hospital – including one with serious injuries – following a 'mass brawl' outside a college in Bournemouth.

Police say they have arrested a number of people in connection with the incident, which took place on the town's Meyrick Road at around 2.46pm.

Armed police were deployed to the scene after reports of a number of injuries – with one person said to have suffered 'serious, but not life-threatening' injuries. A sixth person is understood to have been treated at the scene and discharged.

The incident happened close to Bournemouth and Poole College's campus on Meyrick Road; the college says it did not take place on its grounds.