Witnesses have described how a man with a knife has threatened numerous people in Christchurch, with one bystander saying the man was demanding "money, a wallet and phone". Police responded to reports of a knife-wielding man who seriously injured a person in Christchurch this afternoon. A 31-year-old man had been charged with four counts of aggravated robbery and one count of assaulting police. One woman said they were also approached at the bus stop and the man threatened them with a large knife. A man who says he is the brother of the man at the centre of the incident is at the scene.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 08, 2021 03:32 UTC