Four teens have been apprehended following an alleged stabbing that left one person with critical injuries in Kawerau.
Police were called to a fuel station on the corner of Plunket and Islington Sts about 12.35pm on Friday after reports of an altercation involving a group of young people, police said in a statement today.
Eastern Bay of Plenty Police investigations manager, Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Wilson, said one person was found in a critical condition with injuries consistent with stab wounds and they remained in a stable condition at Waikato Hospital.
“Multiple knives have since been seized, a scene examination conducted, and police have spoken with a number of people who were in the area.”
He said the four young people apprehended were aged 14-15.