| 词条 | Road Knights |
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| name = Road Knights Motorcycle Club | image = | image_size = 150px | caption = Road Knights Motorcycle Club patch | founded = 1979 | founding location = | founded by = | years active = | territory = Invercargill, Dunedin, Timaru | ethnic makeup = | membership est = | criminal activities = | allies = | rivals = }} The Road Knights Motorcycle Club is an outlaw motorcycle club that operates in the South Island of New Zealand with a presence in Invercargill, Dunedin, and Timaru. Since 2012, new chapters have been formed in Thailand, Netherlands and the United States.[1] Its rivalry with the Mongrel Mob boiled over in June 2008 in Invercargill when the Road Knights' building was burned down and two motorcycles stolen.[2] The motorcycles were later found by police at the local Mongrel Mob headquarters but had been set on fire.[2] Two Mongrel Mob members were charged with the arson.[3] As of 2009, Road Knights membership in New Zealand was low and former leadership had dispersed, died or gone to jail.[4] HistoryThe Road Knights Motorcycle Club was founded in 1979.[5] In the late 1980s, the Road Knights became involved in a war with the Damned which resulted in several violent incidents. The first death occurred in October 1987, when Robert Holvey, a Damned associate, was killed with an axle after a ramming incident outside the Invercargill prison. Three Road Knights members were charged with murder, but the charges were later dismissed.[6] In January 1988, while many police officers were in Arrowtown investigating the murder of Maureen McKinnel, there was a bomb attack against a Waikiwi bank. This was a diversion for a bombing attack against the Road Knights HQ, which caused only minor damage as some of the gelignite bombs failed to detonate. A gang sniper was believed to have been posted to cover the bombers, and shots were fired at a police car. No one was convicted relating to these incidents.[6] In 2004, Jarrod Mangels was convicted of the 1987 murder of Maureen McKinnel, which happened before he joined the club.[7] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.roadknightsmc.com/chapters-1|title=Chapters|publisher=Road Knights|accessdate=12 June 2017}} 2. ^1 {{citation|newspaper=The Southland Times |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/497202 |title=Gang tensions on knife edge |date=2008-06-19 |accessdate=2010-08-02}} 3. ^{{citation|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/southland/12652/two-mob-members-charged-over-road-knights-fire |title=Two Mob members charged over Road Knights fire|newspaper=Otago Daily Times |date=2008-07-09 |accessdate=2010-08-02}} 4. ^{{citation|newspaper=The Timaru Herald|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/2676394/Patch-Work|title=Patch Work|date=July 31, 2009|accessdate=2013-07-29}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gangscene.co.nz/gangscene-new-zealand-historical-gang-photos.html|title=NZ gang history photos — RK's (Road Knights') 20th anniversary 1999|last=Stokes|first=Cam|work=GangScene|accessdate=2013-07-29|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208002110/http://gangscene.co.nz/gangscene-new-zealand-historical-gang-photos.html|archivedate=February 8, 2013}} 6. ^1 The Southern Beat, Michele Poole, Southland Police Trust, Invercargill 2002 pp. 225-226. 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.safe-nz.org.nz/Data/mangelsjarrod.htm |title=Jarrod Allan Mangels |publisher=Safe-nz.org.nz |date= |accessdate=2010-08-02 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522082752/http://www.safe-nz.org.nz/Data/mangelsjarrod.htm |archivedate=2010-05-22 |df= }} External links
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