A woman has been arrested and charged with assault following the death of a man in Howick, East Auckland yesterday afternoon.
Emergency services were been called to a domestic incident at a property Willoughby Avenue around 5pm, where it is believed someone may have been stabbed.
Upon arrival police found a critically injured man who was pronounced deceased on his way to hospital.
The name of the deceased will be released once next of kin have been advised.
A woman known to the deceased has been charged with assault and is due to appear in the Manukau District Court this morning.
- NZHERALD STAFF
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