Two nine year old girls have been assaulted in Bournemouth in what police are calling 'an extremely unusual incident.

The pair were approached by a tall black man, in his fifties with dreadlocks -  on Fishermans Walk in Southbourne on Sunday morning.

Police say a minor altercation took place and the girls weren't injured, but were left distressed... they're also looking for a man walking a dog and a woman with a pram who may have seen what happened.