Christchurch hospital lockdown

Two mosques at Deans Ave and Linwood Ave will remain locked down tonight, police say. All appointments have been cancelled this afternoon, and no staff or patients are to enter or leave the building. No further details were available. A police spokeswoman confirmed the lockdown.

Everybody inside the hospital has been ordered to stay inside and shelter-in-place. The earlier lockdown on all schools has been lifted. Another person died at the hospital.

Witnesses at the mosque in Linwood said further. New Zealand police said the lockdown on schools had been lifted. The shooter remains in hospital under police guard today after being shot in the. A total of patients, including young children with gunshot wounds, have been admitted to.

Christchurch city is in lockdown as is Christchurch Hospital. People are being evacuated from the area. As a precaution, we ask that the public avoids the area for the time being. Cops have rushed to Hawke’s Bay Hospital in Hastings following the unspecified threat. Mike Bush issued a statement saying there was an active shooter situation that involved “multiple fatalities” and that they had one person in custody, but were unsure if there were any other people.

Those killed were between and years old. Kurt Bayer reveals how March unfolded in the wards. All council buildings in the central city are in lockdown. Pagers buzzed and people ran.

Of those, are in critical condition, including one four-year-old child. The hospital was then put on lockdown. Seven people died at the Linwood mosque on Linwood Avenue, and one person died from their injuries in hospital. Police placed the two locations on lockdown. Eyewitnesses have reported running for their lives to escape a shooter.

However, the hospital was not in lockdown despite the words on a hand-written sign on the door of the main entrance. No staff or patients are to enter or leave. Four people are in custody following mass shootings at two mosques in the city.

Schools and nearby businesses were put on lockdown , although. A hospital spokesman said some shooting victims were being treated at the emergency department. Shortly afterwards, the Canterbury District Health Board activates its mass casualty plan.

Multiple roads in the city, including Blenhein R Moorhouse Ave and Brougham St, have been closed. Three people were arrested — one of them born in. Armed police patrol outside the mosque in. Lockdown for schools lifte hospital still on lockdown. The two mosques are still under.

Gould Crescent was cordoned off and Bamford School was placed in lockdown about 3pm. We don’t know the detail at this time,” he told the Guardian.