ʻO ka hoʻouka kaua ʻole ʻia ma luna o kahi pūʻulu o nā mākaʻikaʻi ma waena o Christchurch i ka hopena pule hiki ke hōʻino i ka inoa o ke kūlanakauhale me ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, wahi a ka hope mayor o ke kūlanakauhale.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Norm Withers ua "ʻeha nui a kaumaha" i ka lohe ʻana e pili ana i ka hoʻouka ʻana e ʻelima mau kāne ma luna o kahi hui o nā mākaʻikaʻi Pelekane a me Denemaka ma Cashel Mall ma 1am i ka Pōʻaono.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka hoʻouka ʻana e ka mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o kā lākou mau leo.
ʻEono o nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻewalu i lawe ʻia i ka Halemaʻi ʻo Christchurch, me ʻelua mau ʻeha pahi.
Ua noho paʻa kekahi mākaʻikaʻi ma ka haukapila i ka pō nei a ua manaʻo ʻia e hoʻokuʻu ʻia i kēia lā.
I ka lua o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ke kakahiaka Poaono, ua loaʻa i kahi ʻōpio ʻo Christchurch he 14 mau makahiki i ka pehu ʻana i ka lolo ma hope o ka ʻōlelo a nā mākaʻi he "hoʻouka ʻino a makaʻu ʻole" ma Linwood Park.
ʻEhā mau kānaka i hopu ʻia e pili ana i kēlā hoʻouka kaua i nehinei a e kū ana i mua o ka ʻaha i kēia lā. ʻO ka 14 makahiki i ka pō nei i helu ʻia he kūpaʻa akā ke hoʻomaikaʻi nei.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Withers e nalowale ke kūlanakauhale inā laha ka manaʻo i nā ʻāina ʻē ʻaʻole palekana, ʻoiai i ka pō.
"ʻO ka mea aʻe e loaʻa iā mākou nā keʻena mākaʻikaʻi e ʻōlelo ana e haʻalele iā Christchurch a ʻo ia ka mea ʻino loa e hiki mai ana," wahi a Withers.
"Pono ka poʻe e manaʻo palekana i ko mākou kūlanakauhale a, e like me ka mea maʻamau, he mea liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e hoʻopau iā ia no ke koena o mākou a ua māʻona wau iā ia."
ʻO kekahi o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Pelekane i hōʻeha ʻia i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana ma Cashel Mall, ʻo Daniel Sheehan, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia a me kahi pūʻulu o nā hoaaloha e hele pū ana i ka pō hope ma New Zealand ma mua o ko lākou hele ʻana i ko lākou ala kaʻawale.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻokokoke ʻia kekahi o kāna mau hoaaloha e ʻelima mau kāne ʻōpio i ko lākou hele ʻana ma Cashel Mall ma ko lākou ala i Oxford Terrace.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sheehan ua hāʻule kāna hoaaloha i ka honua a hele ʻo ia e kōkua akā ua hoʻouka ʻia ʻo ia iho.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma hope mai ua hoʻouka nā kāne iā lākou ma hope o ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "He ʻōlelo ʻakaʻaka lākou, ʻōlelo ʻakaʻaka lākou, ʻakaʻaka lākou".
ʻO kāna hoaaloha, i noho ma ka haukapila, ua hoʻolālā e huakaʻi i Bali i nehinei.
Pono paha ʻo ia e noho ma Christchurch i ʻelua pule ʻē aʻe, wahi āna.
Ua ʻeha ʻo Sheehan ma kona pepeiao, papalina a me nā manamana lima.
Ua lele mai kona mau mākua mai ʻEnelani mai e noho pū me ia i nehinei no ka mea ua ʻeha kā lāua keiki i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Detective Sergeant John Gallagher, ua hōʻeha ʻia ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i kahi hoʻouka kaua "kū ʻole a makaʻu ʻole".
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka poʻe lawehala i ko lākou mau makahiki ʻōpio a me nā makahiki iwakālua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Withers, ua hana nā mākaʻi ʻo Christchurch i kahi "ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe" akā pono e ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mākaʻi ma nā alanui i ka pō.
I ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana ma hope, ua hele ka 14 makahiki a me nā hoaaloha ʻelua ma Linwood Park i ka hola 4 i ka wā i hoʻouka ʻia ai ʻo ia e ʻelua kāne a me ʻelua mau wahine ma waena o 17 a me 18.
Ua nīnau ʻo Withers i ke kuleana o nā mākua ma ia hihia.
Mai hea mai ʻo ia a ma hea ʻo ia e hele ai i kēlā hola o ke kakahiaka? He kuleana ko nā mākua ma ʻaneʻi.”
ʻO ka mea me ka ʻike e pili ana i ka hoʻouka ʻana, pono e kelepona iā Detective Sergeant John Gallagher ma 363 7400.
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