15 Sep 2013

Paremoremo prisoner stabbed after gang related fight

8:07 pm on 15 September 2013

A prisoner from Auckland's Maximum Security Prison at Paremoremo is out of surgery and in a stable condition after a gang related fight at the prison on Sunday morning.

Police at North Shore have opened an assault investigation but a police spokesperson says four offenders and three victims have been identified.

The victim who had surgery at Auckland Hospital had a punctured lung, and is now in a stable condition.

The second was treated at the prison and a third victim was treated for bruises and minor injuries.