Photo: NZ Herald / SuppliedCook Islands police said the stand-off with the prison escapee in Rarotonga is over. The 41-year-old yesterday escaped from the Rarotonga jail yesterday and got hold of a weapon. Cook Islands police inspector John Strickland said the fugitive was armed with a .22 calibre rifle. He confirmed the two who were shot yesterday evening had died, but refused to divulge any details as to their relationship to the prison escapee. Cook Island News reported the victims were a man and a woman said to have been known to Rimamotu.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 19, 2016 19:41 UTC