Posted on 07/19/2023 5:29:10 PM PDT by dynachrome
At least two people and an armed attacker were killed and six others wounded in a shooting in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland on Thursday, hours ahead of the opening match of the Women's soccer World Cup in the city.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the soccer tournament would proceed as planned, adding the shooting appeared to be the actions of an individual and that police were not seeking anyone else in relation to the incident.
"There was no identified political or ideological motivation for the shooting and therefore no national security risk," Hipkins said during a televised media briefing.
There would be no change to New Zealand's security threat level although there would be an increased police presence in the city, he said.
Police said the shooter, armed with a pump-action shot gun, moved through the building site and, after reaching the upper levels, "contained himself within the elevator shaft."
"Further shots were fired from the male and he was located deceased a short time later," police said.
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Weird huh?
Semi-auto free, anyway.
Women’s World Cup, not actual World Cup.
New Zealand went full autocratic with the Covid virus, and never turned back.
So, if he had been yelling "Speights is horse piss!" while shooting, they'd all be locked down now?
Most of thos ‘women’ probably wear a cup. At least megan rapping-ho won’t be there.
Is she at the World Scissoring Championships?…
Her opponent is britney griner
I mean, no one gives a rat’s rear about the Women’s World Cup. I wonder if the perp was a mohammedan...
LOL…
Not yet although that horse faced buck toothed Prime Ministerette they had got some semi auto bans a couple of years ago.
Wait I thought all the guns were gone in New Zealand how can this be /sarc
Walked down that street a bunch of times in March, 2000. Bought a video camera there as mine crapped out.
Shooters can’t spell, thought they were in Oakland.
They were the worst. Then Australia. And #3 is Canada with Justin Trudeau in charge.
“They were the worst.”
Yes, they were. One of my Japanese nieces was working as an au pair there and was trapped after her contract was up, with no job and little money. My brother-in-law gave her what he could spare, but things were dicey until New Zealand decided to extend her temporary visa, so she could work again. Even then, she was trapped until the lockdown ended, and both New Zealand and Japan decided she could go home. She got back to Japan and had to quarantine in a special hotel for two weeks before she could go home.
Never again!
,,, about 415,000 registered gun owners. Handguns are a big deal to own and semi automatic rifles are banned.
Didn’t the American Women’s team get their asses kicked by a high school boys team?
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