A teenager has been charged with manslaughter after allegedly assaulting a security guard at a South Auckland supermarket who later died from his injuries.
Police say they were made aware of an incident at a supermarket in Papakura where a security guard was assaulted yesterday.
The victim was then taken to Middlemore Hospital but died in hospital early this morning from his injuries.
Police have arrested a 17-year-old male in connection with the alleged assault and he has been charged with manslaughter.
According to the NZ Herald the guard was working at a Papakura Countdown when he was allegedly knocked to the ground from a single punch delivered by a youth he had been investigating for suspicious behaviour.
The punch is said to have been captured on CCTV and happened in front of other shoppers.
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