The short cul-de-sac, lined with townhouses, is off Russell Rd, close to Homai Station.
The people who lived in the house had moved in just weeks ago and had young children, a neighbour told the Herald.
Police are investigating after a person suffered serious injuries last night at a home on Marumaru Lane in Manurewa. Photo / Hayden Woodward
The woman, who asked not to be named, said she saw a “bunch of people” gathered near the garage. Later, while washing the dishes, she heard “a lot of kerfuffle and saw lights, and then I saw that there were lots of police outside”.
The woman, who was home alone, said the incident was “quite scary”.
She said she had earlier felt uneasy seeing people “roaming outside”, wondering if they were trying to break into her house, but added: “I’ve had to live here for the last year, so I just brushed it off because it’s never anything.”
Police had since left the scene by this morning, and no guard remained. .
People were “roaming around” a garage on Marumaru Lane before a car arrived and a person was stabbed, a neighbour says. Photo / Hayden Woodward
“Whoever did the stabbing or whatever [was] already out of here, so I don’t think that there really was much of a threat,” the neighbour said. The street had otherwise been quiet and trouble-free.
She said residents were from “all different cultures” and usually got along well, and that the occupants of a nearby house with gang affiliations had recently moved out.
Hato Hone St John confirmed that an ambulance and an operations manager were called to Marumaru Lane at 8.42pm, and that one person was taken to Middlemore Hospital in a serious condition.
“A Police presence will remain in the area while enquiries are ongoing,” Vickers said.
“Anyone with any information is asked to please contact Police via 105, either over the phone or online, and use the file number 260218/3314.”
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