Blast reported in Auckland, New Zealand

[Chhatrapati]

Britomart bomb scare: Armed police at Auckland train station


Police are cordoning off Victoria St in central Auckland in a new scare on a day that has left New Zealanders on edge.

Images show an ambulance and police cars at the scene.

Earlier, armed police were at Auckland's Britomart Train Station where a controlled explosion has taken place following the discovery of two abandoned backpacks.

Police were called to a section of Galway St where the backpacks were left unattended.

Members of the public were held back behind cordons while the bomb disposal robot was sent in to get a closer look at them. A controlled explosion was heard soon after.

A police spokesman confirmed armed officers were at the station, which has been blocked off to motorists.

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The spokesman said Britomart Train Station itself had not been evacuated and there has not been any effect on the train timetable.

A small cordon has been put in place around the immediate area on Galway St as a precaution.

There is no further information available at this stage.

More to come

 

[IFB]

Lot of people waiting to go inside this country to make a living and live happily but these crazy guys are throwing away their lives in such a beautiful country by going on a killing spree...they should be reborn in some third world country's slum next time.

 

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The bomb squad saw two suspicious abandoned baggages in the station. They were exploded purposely by the squad to prevent the real bomb detonating.

Hundreds of lives saved!