Police at scene of Christchurch stabbing

Source: Radio New Zealand

The scene of the stabbing. RNZ / Nathan McKinnon

Police are examining a central Christchurch property where a man was critically injured in a stabbing.

Emergency services were called to the two-storey block of flats in Fitzgerald Avenue at 12:20pm on Monday, where they arrested a person.

A scene guard remained at the units overnight.

RNZ / Nathan McKinnon

Police did not believe there was a threat to public safety.

The property remained cordoned off on Tuesday morning, where blood stains and chalk could be seen on the driveway.

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