Four stabbed in 'random' New Zealand knife attack

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A man has since been taken into custody.

Police take a suspect into custody near the Countdown supermarket in Dunedin, New Zealand. Image: OTD Police take a suspect into custody near the Countdown supermarket in Dunedin, New Zealand. Image: OTD A KNIFE-WIELDING attacker has stabbed four people in a New Zealand supermarket, critically injuring three, in a rampage authorities said was “random” and not terror related.

Witnesses told local media a man carrying two knives stabbed staff in the supermarket and bystanders who tried to stop him were also injured. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her first question to police was whether the Dunedin attack had national security implications but they assured her it did not.

Southern police district commander Paul Basham characterised the incident as a “random attack” and said the perpetrator would face court on Tuesday.

 

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