The RCMP is investigating after five people were assaulted in Antigonish County.

At about 5 a.m. on Friday, officers responded to a report of multiple assaults at a home on Paqtnkek First Nation.

A 25-year-old man, two women in their 30s and two men in their 40s were transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police arrested a 41-year-old man at the scene.

The victims and the suspect know each other.