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Some people were worried about entering the mall because they were stabbed at West City Waitakere Mall in Henderson, Auckland.
Some were afraid to enter the mall because a young man was stabbed in a mall in Auckland on Friday.
A young man was taken to Starship Children’s Hospital and seriously injured after the incident at West City Waitakere Mall in Henderson, Auckland, a St. John ambulance spokesman said Friday.
The mall owner reported that he saw a quarrel involving a teenager before he stabbed him.
Infinity Mobile owner Vikas Kumar said two groups of teenagers appear to be throwing chairs at each other near the muffin break.
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“I saw him fall on his stomach after hitting his side with the leg of a chair.”
The owner of another store, who agreed not to name the staff, said the chair was thrown and a puncture wound occurred after the suspect pulled out the knife.
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The incident involved a chair being thrown near a muffin break before the knife was pulled.
Workers in another mall heard a scream, but thought it was just the children playing.
RubyCrouth, Smiggle’s assistant store manager, said a colleague heard a scream but wasn’t thinking about anything.
Couth said the incident left her scared to enter her mall.
“Obviously, we don’t expect that to happen in our workplace.”
Penny Cooper, a councilor of the Auckland Council Waitákere, said police had told her that the case was a one-off youth dispute.
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Linda Cooper, a councilor in the Waitákere district of the Auckland Council, said she was concerned that young people had weapons (file photo).
“The person wasn’t badly injured, but it’s still not right.”
Cooper said he was confident that the police were working on the issue and hoped that youth aid would be involved.
The incident appeared to be isolated, but she said it was about people having weapons.
“It seems very sad that our young people sometimes have weapons and feel the need to use them,” Cooper said.
“Sometimes weird youth conflicts, but I’m not sure if youth tend to carry weapons.”
Cooper said local security is important to everyone and is pleased with the police response.
“We all want to feel safe in our community.”
A police spokesperson said there was no up-to-date information on the incident.