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Christchurch: Shooting Incident Over

Published: Thu 14 Aug 2008 03:28 PM
Shooting Incident Over
New Zealand Police Canterbury News Release
3:14pm 14 August 2008
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release.html?id=4228
A dispute between neighbours in the Christchurch suburb of Bryndwr this afternoon has left a man with a pellet wound though not a serious injury, says Detective Senior Sergeant Virginia Le Bas.
"We believe it was a neighbourhood dispute," she says. "Police are investigating and interviewing a number of witnesses."
One male victim received a pellet wound but it is not believed to be serious. Ambulance attended but did not take the man to hospital.
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