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An unarmed New Zealand police officer was shot and killed in Auckland during a routine traffic stop.His fellow officer sustained leg injuries and a bystander was hospitalised after being hit by the fleeing car.Police have launched a massive search for the occupants of the car, but they have not yet…

Armed police watch as an ambulance leaves the scene of the shooting in Auckland on June 19. (AP pic)WELLINGTON: An unarmed New Zealand policeman was shot and killed on an Auckland street Friday, becoming the first officer to die on duty for more than a decade in the normally peaceful…

Updated / Friday, 19 Jun 2020 14:32 Police are still searching for two suspects after the fatal shooting of an officer in Auckland An unarmed New Zealand police officer has been shot dead on an Auckland street, the force's first death in the line of duty for more than a…

published : 19 Jun 2020 at 10:45 Police cordon off the area after the fatal shooting of a policeman in a residential neighbourhood in Auckland. WELLINGTON: An unarmed New Zealand police officer was fatally shot on an Auckland street Friday, the force's first death in the line of duty for…

New Zealand police have arrested an alleged gunman and charged him with the murder of a police officer after an hours-long manhunt west of Auckland.Key points:A 24-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the shootingThe man is set to appear in court tomorrow Last year NZ enacted new gun…

The youngest person to be charged for possession of the Christchurch mosque attack video has been discharged without conviction. The teen, who cannot be named because his case was being dealt with by the Youth Court, was 16 years old when he was charged. He appeared in the Youth Court…

Updated 1 month ago · Published on 18 Jun 2020 10:40PM · Accused shooter Brenton Tarrant in court over the mosque massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 16, last year. After the mosque shootings, New Zealand banned military-style semi-automatic rifles. – EPA pic, June 18, 2020. NEW Zealand further…

A Norwegian man who murdered his Chinese-born stepsister and then opened fire on a mosque last year was sentenced Thursday to 21 years in prison, the maximum penalty under Norwegian law.  Twenty-two-year-old Philip Manshaus offered no apologies or regrets for his crimes and said he wished he could have caused more bloodshed.  Prosecutors called him “an extremely dangerous person,” and Judge Annika Lindstroem dismissed defense arguments that Manshaus was insane who claimed to be defending himself and others from “the enemy,” and…

A far-right Norwegian man has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for a racially-motivated murder of his Chinese-born stepsister and an attempt to kill worshippers in a mosque shooting. Thursday's sentence issued by the Asker and Baerum district court in Norway's Sandvika against Philip Manshaus, 22, was the longest…

New Zealand has rejected the idea of a permanently deployed and armed US-style police force — despite last year's Christchurch massacre. Officials were not persuaded that the US model was worth pursuing. New Zealand's top police officer, Commissioner Andrew Coster, announced Tuesday that his 12,000 personnel would stay routinely unarmed…