Auckland City Hospital stabbing: Man in 'critical' condition this evening; second man, 56, charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm
A sole police officer was seen standing guard in front of police tape fixed across a walkway in between the Post Shop and Planet Cafe, both of which were closed following the stabbing.
A second officer guarded the entrance to the same shopping corridor several metres away.
Police said the stabbing happened just before 3pm today. Photo / File
Two small orange cones were placed on the floor inside the cordon, but visitors and hospital staff were able to continue through a second corridor near the site.
A worker at a nearby shop said the incident occurred just before his shift started, but a colleague told him what he had heard.
The colleague did not see the incident, but heard it.
"An old man and a young man were fighting," the worker said.
He had been told it was the younger man who was stabbed.
The incident occurred close to a flower shop, the worker said.
"The florist, she was so upset. She had to go home."
A woman at the hospital said she arrived soon after the incident.
