{"id":369171,"date":"2026-04-08T07:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/369171\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T07:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:55:08","slug":"police-seek-victim-after-linking-stabbing-with-assault-in-christchurch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/369171\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seek victim after linking stabbing with assault in Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christchurch police have called for an unknown victim to come forward as officers investigate a stabbing and an assault in the suburb of Sydenham last month they believe to be connected.<\/p>\n<p>Police were notified of a person being stabbed in Bradford Park in Sydenham at around 10.15pm on March 18. The victim was taken to hospital for treatment but was released shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>However, police inquiries have found a second assault occurred earlier that evening on Colombo St, just south of Fisher Ave, at around 9.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police believe the two incidents are linked,&#8221; a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police are working to identify the victim of the Colombo Street incident and would like to speak with them, as they may have information that could assist our investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who was in the Bradford Park or Colombo St areas between 9pm and 10.15pm on March 18 should contact police on 105, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This includes anyone who may have witnessed suspicious activity or who has relevant CCTV or dashcam footage.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christchurch police have called for an unknown victim to come forward as officers investigate a stabbing and an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[158,67,111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-369171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-christchurch-canterbury","9":"tag-crime-and-justice","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}