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Hei Hei Rd had been closed to traffic between Wycola Ave and Tirangi St due to a police incident.
One person is seriously injured and a Christchurch school is closed after a stabbing.
A police spokeswoman said officers were called to an address on Hei Hei Rd around 12:25 p.m., following a report of an assault.
A spokesperson for St John said the person was seriously injured. Things understands they found a man with stab wounds.
The police spokeswoman said “several people” were assisting the police with their investigations.
“There are currently cordons on Hei Hei Rd as police work to establish the circumstances of the incident.”
A staff member at St Bernadette’s School on Hei Hei Rd confirmed that the school was closed, but declined to comment further.
There are at least five police cars at the site and Hei Hei Road is blocked between Tirangi St and just past Stoneycroft Ln. There are more than a dozen little orange markers on the street just outside Stoneycroft Lane, near St Bernadette’s Catholic Church.
A spokesperson for the Christchurch Transportation Operations Center said Hei Hei Rd had been closed to traffic between Wycola Ave and Tirangi St due to a police incident.
Road users can detour northeast using Wycola Ave to Manurere St to Aurora St and vice versa to travel southwest.
Ramanie Weerasinghe, 63, showed up just before 2 p.m. to pick up her 7-year-old granddaughter, but found both ends of the road closed.
“I don’t know what to do, but I’ll just go [home] and see how it works, ”he said.
You said you may have to arrange for someone else to pick up your granddaughter as you had to go to Rolleston to pick up another granddaughter at 3pm.
Shortly after Weerasinghe left, another parent appeared, who declined to comment, but left after speaking to police at the scene.
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