Victims injured in separate serious attacks in Christchurch

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Police in Christchurch were kept busy overnight with two serious attacks.

A man will have surgery tonight after a fight in the central city about 4am.

Police said the man in his 30s suffered arm injuries, thought to be inflicted with a knife, during an altercation with another man at a property near the intersection of Hereford Street and Fitzgerald Ave.

The injuries were not life-threatening.

Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Richard Quested said investigators are speaking to those involved but no arrests had yet been made.

The fight was believed to be related to an earlier domestic incident at the property.

In a separate incident, a man in his 20s suffered facial injuries when he was attacked with a bottle or glass outside the Fox and Ferrett in Riccarton about 1.15am.

The man's injuries are not believed to be serious. An 18-year old man was arrested at the scene and will appear in court this morning.

Yesterday evening, a man was arrested in a third incident at a property in Sydenham.

Mr Quested said a man in his 20s was stabbed in his back, chest and arms in what police believed was a family dispute about 6pm.

The victim was in Christchurch Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

A 22-year old man will appear in court today charged with wounding with intent to injure.