A woman has been arrested on suspicion of threats to kill after a knife was waved at a young mum clutching her one-year-old child.

The incident took place at around 1.20pm on Saturday, January 13, at an address in Brendon Green, Millbrook.

Witnesses have told of their horror after a knife-wielding woman was reported to be waving the weapon around the woman in her 20s. The young mum was holding her child at the time.

Hampshire police attended the incident and said that no injuries occurred.

A spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary said: “We were called at 1.21pm on Saturday 13 January to a report that a woman in her 20s had been threatened with a knife by a woman known to her outside of an address at Brendon Green.

“Nobody was injured during the incident.

“Officers attended and arrested a 73-year-old woman from Southampton on suspicion of threats to kill.

“She has been released from police custody on conditional bail to allow for further enquiries to take place.”