Three men have been released on police bail after three people were stabbed behind a primary school. 

Police attended to reports of a stabbing at Willow House in Berwick Close, on the border of Waltham Abbey and Waltham Cross, at 3.10 pm on Monday.

Hertfordshire police arrested three men in connection with the incident - a 19-year-old and a 20 year-old from Waltham Cross and a 19 year-old from Cheshunt.

The three victims, all male, received injuries which police believe are not life-threatening.

The East of England Ambulance Service sent two ambulances, a rapid response vehicle and an air ambulance to attend to the three victims.

One is reported to have been taken to Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel having sustained arm and abdominal injuries.

Hertfordshire Police are still conducting investigations into the day light attack behind Holdbrook Primary School.

The three men who were arrested have been released on police bail until December 12.