A MAN needed hospital treatment after receiving serious facial injuries in an assault.
The 20-year-old was walking with two friends along Passfield Avenue in Eastleigh shortly after midnight on Sunday when a number of people attacked him near the junction with Nightingale Avenue.
Police arrested two 16-year-old boys and a 16-year-old girl on suspicion of assault, who have been released on police bail pending further enquiries.
Witnesses to the attack should call police on 101.
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