The shopkeeper victims of a brutal Auckland dairy attack have spoken out for the first time, recounting the ordeal where one suffered 15 stab wounds to the chest, neck and face. Daxa Patel, 54, told the Herald the attack at New Windsor Dairy on 5 October, which left her moderately injured and her husband, Suresh Patel, 64, hospitalised and needing brain surgery, was still fresh in her mind. The deepest cut was to Suresh Patel's left cheek, which "pretty much fell apart", and his right eyelid was swollen shut, his son said. Customers inside the dairy intervened and stopped the assault, a move police Detective Inspector Glen Baldwin said may have saved Suresh Patel's life. Relieving Auckland City district commander Acting Superintendent Sunny Patel said officers found Lam unresponsive in a cell at about 10.56am on 6 October - a day after the dairy incident.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 01, 2023 20:48 UTC