The incident happened on Chatham Rd, near Chatham Park in Flaxmere. The man was then stabbed three more times on the back before he was able to get up and run again to an area with houses, where his calls for help were answered. Police and the man's family are now appealing for help to find the alleged attacker behind the stabbing, which occured bout 5am on Saturday on Chatham Rd, near Chatham Park. The victim, a man in his 20s, told Hawke's Bay Today he was walking home from a nightclub at the time. "I didn't realise I was stabbed but I ran and fell - I think that's when he stabbed my back up."

Source: Otago Daily Times October 09, 2021 21:56 UTC