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Posted in: Uncategorized by Tony on October 04, 2008
Another Auckland shopkeeper has suffered serious injuries after being stabbed.
The stabbing happened on the day police told retailers to use common sense when defending themselves after a 40-year-old man stabbed in a fight outside his liquor store was himself arrested.
Inspector Kay Lane, of police northern communications, says a man entered the Lotto shop in New Windsor Road, Avondale, about 5.20pm on Friday and attacked the shopkeeper.
“He approached the male shopkeeper and stabbed him several times in the upper body area,” she says.
“The victim has been taken to Auckland Hospital with serious injuries.”
Shanti Lal told Newstalk ZB the victim was his 55-year-old brother.
Lal says his brother was stabbed in the neck and back. Police found a man and arrested him a short distance from the scene.
A woman in a next-door takeaway bar has told NZPA the stabbed man staggered into the shop and they phoned 111.
His alleged attacker, a teenaged Polynesian boy, stood outside and waited until police arrived and took him into custody.
Meanwhile, Varinder Singh has appeared in Manukau District Court facing two charges of injuring with intent to injure following the altercation outside his Gilbert Rd liquor store in Otara on Tuesday night.
Singh, 40, was remanded on bail. Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Pizzini says the charges relate to separate victims, and that weapons were used in both alleged assaults.
A 15-year-old youth is also expected to face charges over the incident. Pizzini will not rule out other arrests.
“The arrest serves as a reminder to all who take the law into their own hands in some circumstances (it) cannot be justified,” Pizzini told a media conference.
“The law states that reasonable force and reasonable steps for shop owners in defending themselves, any other persons or their property is acceptable.
“Those that clearly exceed that force can expect to be arrested and held accountable before the criminal courts … people need to use their common sense.”
He says shop owners who fear for their safety “need to get on the phone, dial 111 and the police will respond and deal with it”.