As Detective Glen Restieaux explained - "he is ex-German Army so he defended himself pretty well". The man was pulled from the car by his hair but took his attacker on. Mr Restieaux said the incident, which happened about 3pm, was sparked by one of the offenders approaching the man and asking for "a smoke". One of them asked for a smoke, in a gruff way and he responded with something like 'only if you say please'. Mr Restieaux said his assailant from behind had used what was likely to be a small pen-knife to stab him.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 20, 2016 21:41 UTC