Northland homicide: 14-year-old boy charged now with murder after Ō pua stabbing

The sight of the Opua homicide. Photo / Peter De Graaf

Police have charged some sort of 14-year-old boy with murder following a sacrifice of fowl.|leaving the|a|using} man died from stab mouth wounds near a Northland tavern last night.

Police said situation services were called to Paihia Rd/State Highway 11 in Opua in the Bay of Islands.

They found a 22-year-old man on the ground with critical stab wounds and despite efforts from the St John staff, he passed away en route to hospital.

Undercover senior sergeant Mark Dalzell claimed police spoke with a number of people demonstrate at the scene before arresting a teen.

The cordoned off area discusses 300m from the Roadrunner Tavern. Shot / Peter De Graaf

Police can be continuing to make enquiries into the sad incindent and a scene examination is still essentially completed.

Police to get carrying out an area canvas in the getting close days to speak with business owners and home owners.

Police would not willing to to release the name of the victim until every next-of-kin have been informed.

“We will be ensuring his is supported at what is an extremely hard time, ” said Dalzell.

Dalzell appealed for any members of the public who have been in the area last night and heard aka saw anything which they think possibly of relevance to the investigation to contact Kerikeri Police on 105.

Those who lived and did things in the area could expect a slight dysfunction today as police continue that scene examination outside the RoadRunner Pub.

State Highway eleven was not closed but there would be many different police staff in the area, said Dalzell.

A reporter pictures scene said the cordoned away from area is at the corner of Paihia Rd (SH11) and Waimangaro Rd. It truly is about 300m from the Roadrunner Tavern towards Paihia and next to a two-storey concrete building which is a mix of specialists on the ground floor and apartmemts in the.

SH11 and Waimangaro Rd are open but an carpark in front of the building, which is also typically the access to the tavern, is documented off.

A police man is guarding the scene using the rain.