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New Zealand: Man stabs 5 in supermarket knife attack
3 September, 2021 |
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Police have arrested a man who stabbed five people at a supermarket in Dunedin in southern New Zealand. Three people are in critical condition.
Three of the injured were transferred to intensive care, authorities said
New Zealand police say they have arrested a suspect after five people were stabbed at a supermarket in the city of Dunedin on Monday afternoon.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
said police had assured her that the attack did not appear to be terror-related.
How did the attack unfold?
Police said the attack took place at a Countdown supermarket in central Dunedin, on New Zealand’s southern island, at about 2:30 p.m. local time (0230 GMT/UTC).
Witnesses told local media a man carrying two knives had stabbed staff, as well as bystanders who tried to stop him and pin him down.
People reported a chaotic scene as people began screaming and running toward the store exits.
Health authorities said three of the wounded individuals had been admitted to intensive care, with one admitted to a general ward and the other discharged.
Police took a suspect into custody, and were apparently not seeking anyone else in relation to the attack
Police not seeking more suspects
The incident is highly unusual for New Zealand, which was profoundly shocked in March 2019 when a
white supremacist gunman murdered 51 Muslim worshippers
.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said police had assured her the Dunedin attack did not have further security implications.
“At this stage, there’s nothing to suggest from the police’s perspective that this is what they would define as a domestic terror event,” she told reporters.
The prime minister added that police were not seeking anyone else in relation to the incident, and thanked customers who had tried to intervene.
“I want to acknowledge early reports of bystanders who have taken action in order to protect those around them […] these are courageous acts and we are thinking of the families,” she said.
The supermarket chain said its staff had been “shocked and devastated” by the attack.
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“Our priority right now is our injured team members and caring for our wider team in the wake of this extremely traumatic event,” said a message on the company website.
“We are deeply upset that customers who tried to help our team members were also injured.”
CHRISTCHURCH GRIEVES RIGHT-WING TERROR ATTACK
‘There was blood everywhere’
A witness said “there was blood everywhere,” after a right-wing terror attack on two New Zealand mosques killed 50 on Friday. Another witness saw a man in black enter the Al Noor mosque during prayers in Christchurch and heard dozens of shots before fleeing, adding that he saw several dead on the scene. As of Friday afternoon 48 people, including children, were being treated for gunshot wounds.
rc/rt (AFP, AP)
Source:www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news
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