Two men have been taken to hospital after sustaining knife wounds during an incident in the early hours of Monday (March 20) morning. 

Officers from Northumbria Police were called to Ocean Road in South Shields at around 12.40am on Monday following reports of a disturbance. 

As soon as police arrived on scene, they found two men that had been stabbed - with paramedics also attending. 

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Both men were taken to the RVI in Newcastle for further treatement with injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening. 

On Monday, a cordon is still in place to allow crime scene investigators to work at the scene - while other specialist officers have been seen around South Shields.

An investigation has been launched by Northumbria Police.

A spokesperson for Northumbria Police said: "At 12.40am today (Monday), we received a report of a disturbance in Ocean Road, South Shields.

“Officers attended the scene and found two males who had suffered injuries consistent with being caused by a bladed article.

“Both males were treated at the scene before being taken to the RVI in Newcastle with injuries not believed to be life-threatening.

“A cordon remains in place to allow officers to carry out a full investigation into what exactly took place.

“Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with information should contact police either using the ‘Tell Us Something’ page of our website or by calling 101 and quoting NP-20230320-0030.”

A spokesperson for the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) said: "We were called at 00:45am this morning to an incident on Ocean Road, South Shields.

"We sent two emergency ambulances, one clinical team lead, one specialist paramedic and two Hazardous Area Response Team vehicles.

"Two patients were transported to hospital."