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The spotlight has fallen on violent youth offenders in the wake of an alleged attack on a diary by a teenager in Christchurch earlier this month that left the owner with stab wounds.
Police have arrested a 14-year-old on suspicion of stabbing dairy owner Kamlesh Patel during a robbery in the Christchurch suburb of Opawa on 2 December.
Patel's daughter, Nidhi, said her father suffered injuries to his right forearm and left hand and received a cut on an eyelid in the attack.
She said the family was relieved Patel was recovering well and pleased an arrest had been made.
"Finding out the [alleged] offender is only 14 is un
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