New Zealand’s police said on Sunday that the airport in the city of Dunedin had been closed following a report of a suspicious package on the airfield.
Police were at the scene and specialist teams had been deployed to determine the nature of the package, the police said in a statement.
New Zealand only recently suffered a terrorist attack where a gunman killed 49 Muslims in two Mosques on Friday.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday’s events were “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.”
Witnesses said the Masjid Al Noor mosque was full for Friday afternoon prayer when the shooting occurred.
One of them Len Peneha, told the Associated Press that he saw a man dressed in black enter the mosque and then heard dozens of gunshots.
That was followed by terrified mosque-goers running from the terror. The gunman ran outside and dropped what appeared to be a semi-automatic weapon and fled.
“I saw dead people…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
