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Couple with baby express fears after finding crossbow bolt pierced through house

Author
Pierre Nixon,
Publish Date
Wed, 24 Jan 2024, 3:41pm
A Christchurch couple was bewildered after they found a bolt from a crossbow pierced through their lounge wall. Photo / Supplied
A Christchurch couple was bewildered after they found a bolt from a crossbow pierced through their lounge wall. Photo / Supplied

Couple with baby express fears after finding crossbow bolt pierced through house

Author
Pierre Nixon,
Publish Date
Wed, 24 Jan 2024, 3:41pm

A Christchurch couple are bewildered after they found a bolt from a crossbow pierced through their lounge wall on Tuesday night.

Police say they received a report at 10.30pm on Tuesday of a bolt from a crossbow embedding itself into a wall at a house in Medina Cres in Parklands.

鈥淧olice will be making contact with the victim and conducting inquiries,鈥� a spokesperson said.

A Christchurch couple was bewildered after they found a bolt from a crossbow pierced through their lounge wall. Photo / Supplied
A Christchurch couple was bewildered after they found a bolt from a crossbow pierced through their lounge wall. Photo / Supplied

The owner of the house, who the Herald has agreed to keep anonymous believes the bolt was shot during the day while the couple were out of the house.

鈥淚t was in the evening that I discovered it when I was folding washing, I looked up and realised there was something that isn鈥檛 normally there and started to realise what it was that I was seeing.鈥�

鈥淢y 1-year-old daughter sleeps very close by. I think where she normally is probably would have been safe from it but pretty scary to have that happen so close to her,鈥� the owner said.

The owner of the property said he was 鈥渂lown away鈥� when he noticed it was a bolt from a crossbow.

鈥淚t鈥檚 something so completely out of place that takes you a minute to figure out what it is that you鈥檙e looking at.鈥�

The owner of the house believes the bolt was shot during the day. Photo / Supplied
The owner of the house believes the bolt was shot during the day. Photo / Supplied

He believes the incident wasn鈥檛 targeted and was the result of an accident.

鈥淚t was probably just the result of someone, messing around with something that they didn鈥檛 understand.鈥�

鈥淚 think it鈥檚 a bit of an accident but a very dangerous thing to be playing around with,鈥� he said.

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