Schoolboys injured, dog killed in violent Auckland rampage

Smashed cars and crumpled bicycles were left on a main road in Central Auckland after a man allegedly went on a violent rampage during this morning's busy commute. A 49-year-old has been arrested. He's alleged to have assaulted a jogger before stealing the car of a concerned passer-by and driving it into a group of schoolboys. Police say he then strangled a dog to death, all within a matter of minutes on Epsom's Manukau Road. Jessica Hopkins reports.

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