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WELLINGTON, (APP/AFP): New Zealand police said a gunman who
allegedly shot four officers surrendered peacefully Thursday after an overnight seige at a rural property.
The stand-off started on Wednesday morning, when a plane being used
to search came under fire near the remote North Island town of Kawerau.
The Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) was deployed and four of its officers
were shot and injured as the man holed up in the property, refusing to come out.
At one point, police deployed three light armoured vehicles supplied
by the military to protect officers involved in the seige.
Commissioner Mike Bush said the man, who has not been named, gave
himself up at about 9:00am (2000 Wednesday GMT), some 20 hours after the stand-off began.
“The male surrendered without incident and has been taken into
custody,” he said.
“Our priority was always to resolve this without further risk to
police staff or the public.”