TWO teenagers have been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a man at Basingstoke bus station.

Police were called to the station in Churchill Way at 12.07pm yesterday afternoon, having received reports of an assault on a 22-year-old man.

The man was stabbed in the upper back, between the shoulder blades, by a short bladed implement and taken to Basingstoke hospital with serious injuries but was later discharged.

Jordan Way, of no fixed abode, has been charged with wounding with intent and threatening a person with a blade/sharply pointed article in a public place.

The 18-year-old today appeared at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court and has been remanded to appear at Winchester Crown Court on January 4, 2017.

A second teenager, a 17-year-old boy from Andover has also been charged with wounding with intent.

He is due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on January 3, 2017.

If anyone has any information or saw the incident they are urged to called Basingstoke CID on 101 quoting 44160447284.