The FIFA Women’s World Cup will “proceed as planned,” New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said Thursday 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. Hipkins confirmed it was an active shooter situation, and said there is no threat to national security.
Police have contained a serious incident that unfolded at a construction site in Auckland’s CBD this morning.
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