Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playA man dressed as a clown was arrested in Dunedin last night after reports he was brandishing a machete. Police said two people had confronted members of the public in the Duke St and Dundas St area of north Dunedin. Meanwhile, costume hire stores across New Zealand have withdrawn clown outfits and masks from their shelves for Halloween after a recent rash of creepy clown incidents. The 'killer clown' fad has also been linked to a spate of threats and violence in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. And on Friday, Swedish police searched for a man in a clown mask after a stabbing in the south of the country.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 16, 2016 18:15 UTC