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Armagh Street in central Christchurch has been blocked off tonight by police.
An eyewitness staying at a backpackers on Barbadoes Street told Chris Lynch he saw a man covered in blood in a white top carrying a hammer running down the road before getting into a white coloured vehicle at about 7.30pm.
He said several girls were running away from the man.
Minutes later a man, with a “bloody top” was stopped by police on Moorhouse Avenue outside the Godfreys Law building.
The scene of where a man was arrested following an incident on Armagh Street
An eyewitness on Moorhouse Avenue said the man was covered in blood and was handcuffed behind his back.
A video sent to Chris Lynch shows a St John Ambulance officer pushing a stretcher into the driveway of a block of flats on Armagh Street earlier this evening.
A St John ambulance and police remain inside a cordon on Armagh Street.
