ARMED police stormed a derelict building after three people were attacked with a blade and a metal pole.

Police were called to West Street, Southend, at 1.35pm this afternoon, Tuesday, after reports three people had been attacked.

The injured men, all aged in their 30s and Polish, were taken by ambulance to Southend General Hospital where they are being treated.

One suffered two puncture wounds to his leg, the second a head injury which is not believed to be serious, and the third a number of lacerations to his head. Police remain at the scene in the hunt for suspects, with a pile of bloody bandages and clothes left in the street cordoned off.

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