Police Make Arrest Following Pakuranga Bus Assault
Please attribute to Acting Detective Senior Sergeant James Mapp, Counties Manukau East CIB:
Police have this morning located and arrested a woman in relation to an assault on a bus in Pakuranga last month.
A 39-year-old woman will appear in Manukau District Court tomorrow (9 July) charged with wounding with intent to wound.
Police executed a search warrant at a property in Pakuranga this morning, following the alleged assault which occurred on a bus travelling from Howick towards Auckland City along Pakuranga Road on Friday 28 June, which left one person with serious injuries.
Police will allege this was a hate-motivated crime.
As the matter is now before the Court, Police are limited in providing further comment.