Tracy NealOpen Justice multimedia journalist, Nelson-Marlborough·NZ Herald·9 Jun, 2026 06:30 AM5 mins to read‌The surprise knife attack on a young student in Nelson's Buxton Carpark was a “deliberate and brutal cheap shot". Photo / 123rfA teenager celebrating his birthday stabbed a young university student moments after they had shared a vape.

The victim, who said later it felt like he had been “whipped by a piece of string”, did not immediately know how seriously wounded he was in the surprise attack, described as a