Man appears in court over Pakuranga Night Markets stabbing
Manukau District Court.
Photo:
RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
The man accused of stabbing two people at an Auckland night market at the weekend has appeared in Manukau District Court.
Police were called to the scene on Aylesbury Street in Pakuranga about 6.45pm after reports of an assault on Saturday night.
The 23-year-old has been charged with injuring the two victims after handing himself in at the Manukau Police Station on Sunday.
Both of the victims had been through surgery and were in a stable condition in hospital.
The accused appeared before the court on Monday with one of his hands bandaged.
He was granted interim name suppression, remanded in custody, and is expected to reaappear next month.
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