New Zealand PM Denies Being Soft on Crime Following Fatal Stabbing in Aggravated Robbery

New Zealand PM Denies Being Soft on Crime Following Fatal Stabbing in Aggravated Robbery
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media on the White Island volcanic eruption during her post-cabinet press conference at Parliament in Wellington on Dec. 16, 2019. Marty Melville/AFP via Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has denied accusations that her government has been soft on crime, saying that increased funding for the police had seen an increase in prosecutions.

It comes after a 34-year-old worker, Janak Patel, of a local dairy store, otherwise known as a convenience store, was stabbed in an aggravated robbery in Auckland on Nov. 23.