{"id":18793,"date":"2026-10-27T05:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=18793"},"modified":"2026-10-27T05:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:54:34","slug":"man-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-child-assaulted-at-auckland-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=18793","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with attempted murder after child assaulted at Auckland park"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man has been charged with attempted murder after an assault left a child critically injured at a central Auckland park, police say.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The attack happened<\/a> about 4.45pm on Sunday at a play area in Myers Park, just off Queen Street, before a man was taken into custody. St John earlier said one person was taken to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition, and the other to Starship Children’s Hospital critically injured.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Police said the child and adult did not know each other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On Monday afternoon, Auckland City District Commander Sunny Patel said: “The 20-year-old has been charged with attempted murder in relation to the assault”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“The child victim remains in Starship Hospital in a serious but stable condition, while the 20-year-old man remains in hospital in serious condition as a result of self-inflicted injuries.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The child’s family had been notified and were being supported, Patel said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Cordons around the playground have now been taken down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A scene examination at the park had been completed, and police were continuing to investigate the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Police are not seeking anyone else in relation to the incident, nor do we believe there is any ongoing risk to the public,” Patel said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Anyone who witnessed what happened, or who has photos or video, has been urged to make contact with police by calling 105 or online at 105.police.govt.nz – and quoting the case number 261025\/2283.<\/p>\n

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A man has been charged with attempted murder after an assault left a child critically injured at a central Auckland park, police say. The attack happened about 4.45pm on Sunday at a play area in Myers Park, just off Queen Street, before a man was taken into custody. St John earlier said one person was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18795,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18793\/revisions\/18795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}