‘Heroic’ bystanders stop man who stabbed four at New Zealand supermarket

Police take a suspect into custody near the Countdown supermarket in Dunedin, New Zealand (Otago Daily Times via AP)

Shoppers and staff at a New Zealand supermarket have been praised for their bravery after authorities said they managed to stop a man from hurting others after he stabbed four people in an attack, critically wounding three of them.

New Zealand Police superintendent Paul Basham said he had watched CCTV footage of the attack at a Countdown supermarket in the city of Dunedin and that the actions of the bystanders in detaining the man until police arrived was “nothing short of heroic”.