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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Auckland shooting hours before Women’s World Cup opener; Kathryn Campbell suspended; and HIV rates in Australia fall

Police stand guard at a cordoned off area near the site of a shooting in Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Police stand guard after the Auckland shooting just hours before the Women’s World Cup starts. Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA

Good afternoon. Auckland was rocked by a shooting standoff today, just hours before the Women’s World Cup was due to begin. Three people are dead, including the gunman, and six injured at a building site in the city centre, close to where several teams were staying.

The shooting was not politically or ideologically motivated, the New Zealand prime minister, Chris Hipkins, said.

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