Police Commissioner Mike Bush said police would be out in force to assure people as they returned to their weekday lives in Christchurch, with 200 extra police staff on duty. Friday's attack in Christchurch, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern labelled terrorism, was the worst ever mass shooting in New Zealand. Parts of the city, including schools, were put into lockdown on Friday after the shootings as authorities assessed whether there were further threats. Police said the airport in the southern city of Dunedin, had been reopened early on Monday after a suspicious item found on the airfield turned out to be a hoax object. "The NZDF (New Zealand Defence Force) Explosive Ordinance team neutralised the hoax object, and the scene where it was found has been secured," the police said in a statement.

Source: bd News24 March 17, 2019 19:52 UTC