The FIFA Women’s World Cup will “proceed as planned,” New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said after New Zealand police confirmed that two people died after a major incident in Auckland on the eve of the tournament in Australia and New Zealand.
Police have also said that the offender is deceased and that multiple injuries have been reported.
Police have contained a serious incident that unfolded at a construction site in Auckland’s CBD this morning.
Multiple injuries have been reported and at this stage we can confirm two people have died. The male offender is also...
The offender has moved through the building site and continued to discharge his firearm.
Upon reaching the upper levels of the building, the male has contained himself within the elevator shaft and our staff have attempted to engage with him.
Further shots were fired from the male and he was located deceased a short time later.
2 dead :(