Kiwi Cops "Accidentally" Shoot Handcuffed Prisoner

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Police have named the man who was shot by an armed officer after lying face-down and being handcuffed yesterday.

Iriheke Te Kani Manu Pere, 33, was critically injured when a police firearm was accidentally discharged during his arrest outside a Hastings house.

He is in a serious but stable condition in Wellington Hospital today.