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Counties Manukau: Homicide Assault & Arrest
Counties Manukau: Homicide Assault & Arrest
Location:
Otara
District: Counties Manukau
Counties Manukau Police are investigating a homicide. At about 4.00am this morning a male was assaulted in Kew Lane, Otara. As a result of the attack he died at the scene.
Detective Senior Sergeant, Pete Jones says, today we have arrested and charged a 33 year old male with assault. Postmortem results are due back tomorrow and this may result in further charges being laid.
‘Police have not yet identified the deceased and encourage anyone with information about the attack to come forward’, he said.
The offender will appear in Manuaku District Court tomorrow morning.
If anybody has information in relation to the attack police urge them to call Otara CIB on 09 2611300 or Crimestoppers where they can give information over the phone anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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