A fight that broke out after a row over rubbish has ended in a woman allegedly being punched in the face and others slashed by a man wielding a knife.
The altercation happened at a block of flats on Karoro Lane in the Christchurch suburb of Sydenham this morning.
A woman who lives in the flats told the Herald two women were cleaning up rubbish that had been dumped in the complex when a man approached them.
"He's come out and started abusing them," she said.
"He's smacked the mother in the face and there's been a bit of a row."
