Photo: Supplied via NZ HeraldA major Auckland shopping mall was evacuated as a man held a pregnant woman hostage, with a knife at her throat. Police successfully defused the situation, with the arrest of the man about 10am, an hour and a-half after the incident unfolded. The man, wearing a baseball cap, held the knife to the woman - who witnesses say is pregnant - near Burger King inside the food court at Manukau Westfield. The man ran towards the end of the food court and grabbed the woman by the neck, holding the knife against her, she said. A security guard ran towards Parmar and said: "You need to move, you need to get out."

Source: Otago Daily Times November 08, 2018 21:11 UTC