Video / Craig Baxter / Darryl Baser / ODTIt has been nearly a year since a transient Dunedin man entered a supermarket and tried to murder four people. Rob Kidd examines the forlorn hunt for answers and asks how such a catastrophic attack can be avoided in future. This was at least a decade before Lambert embarked on a senseless stabbing spree at a Dunedin supermarket, years before his life truly entered freefall. More supermarket staff now enter the scene, using phones to call emergency services and applying first aid where they can. SafetyThe Dunedin incident was followed by a similar knife attack at a New Lynn Countdown less than five months later.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 07, 2022 06:11 UTC