One person has been taken into custody after someone was critically injured in a stabbing in Auckland’s Remuera this afternoon.
The person was assisting police with inquiries. a spokesperson said.
Cordons around the area on Ōrākeri Rd have since been removed and police thanked residents for their cooperation.
Earlier, a police spokesperson asked the public to avoid the area.
A witness working nearby, who wished to remain anonymous, said about four or five police cars were at the scene, on the corner of Ōrākei Rd and the entrance to Ōrākei Basin West Reserve, near the local shopping village and train station.
A man shopping nearby said it was “really scary to think this sort of violent crime can happen so close to where I shop”.
“Someone outside the supermarket told me someone had been stabbed and they heard shrieks and screams,” he told the Herald.
St John said a patient was taken to Auckland Hospital in critical condition.
Three of the whales succumbed on the shore.