21 Sep 2021

Rising gang tensions blamed for jump in gun crime

From Morning Report, 8:43 am on 21 September 2021

There's been an almost 50 percent increase in injuries recorded as a result of firearms crime in Auckland City over the past year and a half, compared with the two years previous.

The rates of gun crime in 2020 were the highest they've ever been, which the police are blaming on rising gang tensions.

Ben Strang reports.