{"id":13410,"date":"2023-07-20T09:55:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T09:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=13410"},"modified":"2023-07-20T10:55:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T10:55:40","slug":"shooting-leaves-3-dead-near-world-cup-fan-zone-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/shooting-leaves-3-dead-near-world-cup-fan-zone-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting Leaves 3 Dead Near World Cup Fan Zone In New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/armed-new-zealand-police-outside-team-hotel-for-womens-world-cup-2023.jpg\" alt=\"Armed New Zealand police outside team hotel for Women&#039;s World Cup 2023\" title=\"Shooting Leaves 3 Dead Near World Cup Fan Zone In New Zealand\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13411\" \/><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opening game of Women\u2019s FIFA World Cup takes place today in Auckland <\/li>\n<li>A shooting near a World Cup Fan Zone in Auckland resulted in 3 deaths causing panic<\/li>\n<li>NZ PM confirms Women\u2019s FIFA World Cup will proceed as per plan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Australia<\/strong> and <strong>New Zealand<\/strong> are playing hosts to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/betting-opportunity\/fifa-womens-world-cup-2023-preview\">2023 Women\u2019s FIFA World Cup<\/a> which runs from July 20 to August 20. <\/p>\n<p>The opening game of the Women\u2019s FIFA World Cup was set to take place in Auckland, New Zealand on July 20 when hosts New Zealand took on Norway which ended 1-0 to the hosts.<\/p>\n<h2>Gunman Confirmed As One Of The Deaths<\/h2>\n<p>An unfortunate incident in Auckland has shocked football fans around the world and caused panic in Auckland, New Zealand. Reports have emerged that <strong>a gunman stormed a building site in Queen\u2019s Street<\/strong> earlier this morning (July 20) and opened fire. The building is located in the busy Central Business District (CBD) and was in the process of being renovated.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, we know that <strong>three individuals have been killed and six people have been injured in the shooting<\/strong>. Two of those dead were civilians and the third person is the alleged gunman who was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet. St John ambulance services have confirmed <strong>3 out of the 6 people injured are in a serious condition<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qUoE7FMTX6U?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The shooting occurred not too far away from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/fifaplus\/en\/tournaments\/womens\/womensworldcup\/australia-new-zealand2023\/fifa-fan-festival\/auckland\">World Cup fan zone<\/a> but thankfully the fan zone site wasn\u2019t open at the time of the shooting. A construction worker at the site claimed the incident took place during 7.20 am to 8.20 am Auckland time.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities have claimed that there they established no ideological or political motivation behind the shooting.<\/p>\n<h2>NZ PM Says FIFA World Cup Game Will Go On As Planned<\/h2>\n<p>The incident has brought Auckland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/nz\">New Zealand<\/a> into the limelight given that the World Cup is set to kick-off tonight in Eden Park. <strong>Chris Hipkin<\/strong>, New Zealand Prime Minster released a statement to address New Zealanders and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/football\">football<\/a> fans who have come to Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, PM Hipkin said <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Clearly with the FIFA World Cup kicking off this evening, there are a lot of eyes on Auckland. The government has spoken to FIFA organizers this morning and the tournament will proceed as planned. I want to reiterate that there is no wider national security threat. This appears to be the action of one individual.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Opening game of Women\u2019s FIFA World Cup takes place today in Auckland A shooting near a World Cup Fan Zone in Auckland resulted in 3 deaths causing panic NZ PM confirms Women\u2019s FIFA World Cup will proceed as per plan Australia and New Zealand are playing hosts to the 2023 Women\u2019s FIFA World Cup [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shooting Leaves 3 Dead Near World Cup Fan Zone In New Zealand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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