Staff stand outside the car park at Dunedin Central Countdown on Wednesday. The police forensic examination, which was largely focused near the supermarket s pharmacy, concluded on Tuesday night. Police tape preventing access to the car park was removed on Wednesday morning. The car park remained off limits to media as a large of number of staff gathered outside the store on Wednesday morning. Countdown did not give a specific opening time.
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A blessing was held for about 50 staff. Senior police also attended. “Our focus now is on helping make sure our team’s return to the store is as peaceful and as healing as it can be, and we would ask both the public and the media to respect our team’s privacy as they do this,” spokeswoman Kiri Hannifin said.
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ED clinical director Dr Richard Stephenson, Superintendent Paul Basham and nursing lead Janet Andrews at a media briefing on Tuesday about the stabbing incident at central Dunedin Countdown.
The brother of a prison guard stabbed in the neck during a rampage at a Dunedin supermarket wants to thank the “hero” who saved his life. A Corrections Officer at Otago Corrections Facility and his wife, believed to be a Customs employee, were among four people who received serious knife wounds during the attack at Countdown Dunedin Central on Monday afternoon. It is believed the man was stabbed in the neck, while his wife was stabbed in the back.
Jenny McDowell was just metres away from the horror unfolding at Countdown when a man who had just stabbed a woman stopped and looked at her.
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Enquiries ongoing after Cumberland Street attack
Police are today examining the scene of yesterday’s attack in the Dunedin Central Countdown supermarket on Cumberland Street.
“Gathering evidence from the scene is one of our top priorities today. This includes photography, blood sampling and collection of any discarded items for further examination,” Southern District Commander Superintendent Paul Basham says.
“We’ve also been working to identify and speak to as many witnesses as possible, and of course, the victims who remain front of mind.
“We are currently assessing how best to support them and their whānau.
“All four remain in hospital – one in a moderate condition and three others in a serious but stable condition.
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The three people injured in yesterday s supermarket stabbing remain in a serious but stable condition, police say.
A fourth person remains in a moderate condition, Southern police district commander Paul Basham told reporters.
All four required surgery but none were in intensive care. This is a positive sign; however, they have a long road ahead, Basham said.
He could not say how many stab wounds the victims had, saying the matter was before the courts.
Two police officers, including one who was off-duty, were in the supermarket at the time of the stabbing and intervened.