Large police forces are in place in the center of Auckland in New Zealand where a man with a firearm is said to have entrenched himself on a construction site. Several shots are said to have been heard, and several people may be injured, writes the New Zealand Herald newspaper. In an update, they write that they have information that more than one person has died at the scene. Shortly afterwards, the newspaper writes that the shooter is also dead. The person must have been wearing an electronic anklet. – Auckland’s mayor Wayne Brown said earlier this morning that he thought the man who shot dead, writes the newspaper. The information has not been confirmed by the police. Earlier this evening, it was reported that the paramedics have treated three people with serious injuries, and three others with moderate injuries. Both a worker on the construction site and a policeman are said to be among the injured. They have both been taken away from the area and are being supervised by health personnel, writes the newspaper. The place where the shooting takes place is a few hundred meters away from the player hotel of the Norwegian national team, but they should not be directly affected. Close to the Norwegian player hotel The place where the shooting takes place is a few hundred meters away from the player hotel of the Norwegian national team, but they should not be directly affected. Press contact Halvor Lea informs NTB that the Norwegian national team is not directly affected by the incident. “We see a helicopter and a number of police cars from the hotel, but nothing beyond that,” writes Lea. According to the New Zealand Herald, police in the area have asked people nearby to stay indoors. The shooting took place only a few hundred meters away from the player hotel of the Norwegian national team. They are not directly affected. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB A little before twelve o’clock, Lea tells the media that everything is calm in the Norwegian squad, which is currently eating breakfast. He adds that the preparations for the first game are going as normal. – Everyone probably woke up quite quickly when the helicopter hovered outside the hotel window and a large number of emergency vehicles arrived. At first we didn’t know what was going on, but eventually there were updates on TV and the local media. We felt safe the whole time. FIFA has a good security system at the hotel, and we have our own security officer in the squad. Everyone seems calm and we are preparing as normal for the game tonight. Then we may have to adapt if there are any instructions from the authorities, says Norway’s captain Maren Mjelde. In a statement from the police, they say that it is a “serious incident” and that it occurred in a building where construction work is in progress. The first reports about the incident came just before 20:00 Norwegian time, 08:00 local time. Norway will play the opening match in the football World Cup against the host nation New Zealand in a few hours, a match that starts at 09:00 on Thursday Norwegian time. 180 workers The construction site must be evacuated at 11 pm Norwegian time. In the past, several workers were observed on the roof of the building. Around 180 people worked at the site, according to a worker the New Zealand Herald spoke to. He did not want to be named. – I’m shaking, the man told the newspaper. He was inside the building himself when he heard shots. Furthermore, he says that the fire alarm went off, and that several of the workers were on their way down the building ladder, when an armed man shouted that they had to go on the roof, or they would be shot. The man the newspaper spoke to hid on another floor with a colleague. He says that the police arrived shortly afterwards.
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