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Police use of force in Kaeo

15 October 2024


At 5 am on 13 January 2023, the Armed Offenders Squad executed an arrest warrant for a man at a rural property near Kaeo. During the operation, Police fatally shot two dogs, and they removed a man out of a house, causing him a head injury.

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