Police say a 24-year-old man is in custody following an assault, which left two people hospitalised, at a dairy in the Auckland suburb of New Windsor on Thursday morning.
In a statement, Detective Inspector Glenn Baldwin said emergency services responded to reports of someone being stabbed at a dairy on New Windsor Road about 10.40am.
A number of people were in the shop at the time and they managed to intervene and restrain the offender, he said.
They also helped the injured man and a woman who was also injured, he said.
Outside the New Windsor Dairy. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Both victims were taken to Auckland Hospital and the man is in a critical condition, while the woman is in a stable condition, he said.
Police have taken a 24-year-old man into custody.
Baldwin said police remain at the scene, which is near a busy intersection with Maioro Street.
Police were still in the early stages of the investigation and would provide further updates when they could, he said.
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