{"id":85695,"date":"2023-07-21T15:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T15:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/deadly-shooting-overshadows-womens-world-cup-start\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T15:06:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T15:06:02","slug":"deadly-shooting-overshadows-womens-world-cup-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/deadly-shooting-overshadows-womens-world-cup-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Shooting Overshadows Women\u2019s World Cup Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Police officers cordon off an area near the site of a shooting in central Auckland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Three people have been confirmed dead by the New Zealand police after it responded yesterday to reports of shots being fired in a building in downtown Auckland, the city where the first game of the Women\u2019s World Cup was played yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the situation had been contained to a single building that was under construction in lower Queen Street, close to a World Cup fan zone that had not opened for the day. Police were urging people to avoid the area or stay inside their buildings if already there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice have contained a serious incident that unfolded at a construction site in Auckland\u2019s CBD this morning,\u201d New Zealand police tweeted. \u201cMultiple injuries have been reported and at this stage we can confirm two people have died. The male offender is also deceased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand Prime Minster Chris Hipkins said the tournament would go ahead as planned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly with the FIFA World Cup kicking off this evening, there are a lot of eyes on Auckland,\u201d Hipkins said. \u201cThe government has spoken to FIFA organisers this morning and the tournament will proceed as planned. I want to reiterate that there is no wider national security threat. This appears to be the action of one individual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials from Eden Park, where the game between New Zealand and Norway was scheduled to be played following an opening ceremony for the tournament, said security would be heightened ahead of the first match and encouraged ticket holders to arrive to the stadium early.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be an increased security presence within the precinct and across the venue. Additional traffic management measures are in place,\u201d the officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Hipkins said the shooter was armed with a pump-action shotgun. Police arrived one minute after the first emergency call and had run into harm\u2019s way to save lives, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese kinds of situations move fast and the actions of those who risk their lives to save others are nothing short of heroic,\u201d Hipkins said.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Police Superintendent Sunny Patel said the man began shooting at the site on lower Queen Street about 7:20 a.m. Police swarmed the area and closed off streets.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police officers cordon off an area near the site of a shooting in central Auckland \u00a0 Three people have been confirmed dead by the New Zealand police after it responded yesterday to reports of shots being fired in a building in downtown Auckland, the city where the first game of the Women\u2019s World Cup was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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