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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Anna Rankin in Auckland

‘People were yelling to get out’: witnesses tell of chaos and confusion in Auckland shooting

Police vehicles are seen near the location of the shooting in Auckland, New Zealand.
Police vehicles are seen near the location of the shooting in Auckland, New Zealand. Photograph: Buda Mendes/Getty Images

Christina Tuala had just finished making a delivery of joinery supplies for a store fit-out in central Auckland when shots rang out from an adjoining building. Parked just 20 metres from the building with her colleague Jerome Hisus, she watched as streams of workers fled en masse.

“First we heard two gunshots, we had closed up our truck, and everyone started running. We looked up and saw two men crouching, cowering in the corner, and one lying down, we thought he had been shot.”

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