POLICE have been carrying out searches in a residential area of Poole after a teenager was stabbed. 

Officers were seen searching in Layton Road and Carnegie Close throughout the day on Sunday.

Forensics were also on scene.

Dorset Police has confirmed these searches were carried out in relation to the stabbing in Vale Road.

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As reported, police were called to an address in Vale Road at around 12.05am on Friday, August 23.

It was reported that an 18-year-old man had been assaulted and sustained stab wounds.

He was taken to hospital, where he remains in a life-threatening condition.