Source: New Zealand Police
Please attribute the following to Detective Senior Sergeant David Thompson:
Police have arrested a man over stabbing two people in Fielding last month.
A 20-year-old man will appear in the Palmerston North District Court on Tuesday 7 April with two charges of wounding.
The arrest follows the investigation into an incident when two groups came across each other in Stafford Street. What was peaceful at the start soon disintegrated into several people fighting on the street.
It was during this those two men received stab wounds. Both have since been discharged from hospital.
It is unclear what has started this incident, but a search warrant executed at a Feilding address proved helpful to the investigation.
Detective Senior Sergeant Thompson says that today’s quick arrest was a great outcome for the Feilding community and the desire to keep their streets safe.
“It was clear when CCTV was looked at that certain elements in the two groups were hell bent on one thing, to fight each other.
“There were many members of the public nearby so it only luck that no one else was seriously injured,” said Detective Senior Sergeant Thompson.
As the matter is before the court, Police will not be making further comment.
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Issued by Police Media Centre