BREAKING: New Zealand Police: A serious and evolving situation is occurring in Christchurch with an active shooter. Police recommend that residents across the city remain off the streets and indoors until further notice.
"Police are responding with its full capability to manage the situation, but the risk environment remains extremely high," the police commissioner said.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.New Zealand police said that all Christchurch schools were in lockdown because of"a serious ongoing firearms incident" that media reports suggested was near a mosque.
He said he also saw a gunman flee before emergency services arrived. Peneha said he went into the mosque to try and help:"I saw dead people everywhere,” he told the Associated Press. Media reported that shots had been fired near a mosque, and a witness told broadcaster One News that he had seen three people on the ground, bleeding outside the building, Reuters reported.
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