New Zealand police officers shot during routine traffic stop
New Zealand police were hunting for a person who shot and seriously injured two officers on Friday during a routine traffic stop before driving away in the city of Auckland.
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New Zealand police were hunting for a person who shot and seriously injured two officers on Friday during a routine traffic stop before driving away in the city of Auckland. A member of the public was hit by the vehicle as the suspect drove off, police said in a statement on Twitter.
"Cordons are in place and schools in the immediate area have been advised to lockdown," Superintendent Naila Hassan, Waitemata district commander, said in a statement. Gun crime remains relatively rare in New Zealand, where laws have been tightened twice since a gunman killed 51 Muslim worshippers in Christchurch last year in the country's worst peace-time mass shooting.
The country's lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation to create a new firearms registry that licenses holders will be required to update as they buy or sell guns.
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