Tag: Shootings

By Stefan Armbruster and Harry Pearl of BenarNews French police have shot and killed two men in New Caledonia, stoking tensions with pro-independence groups days...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Three Nouméa municipal policemen are now facing a prosecution after a disturbing video was posted in...

RNZ News A scene examination is continuing at a construction site in central Auckland after a fatal shooting there shocked the city yesterday morning. The gunman,...

By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog My daughter came into the kitchen early today to tell me her friends were downtown in Auckland...

PNG Post-Courier PNG Defence Force Commander Major-General Mark Goina says “appropriate force” will be dealt to the gunmen who ambushed and wounded two soldiers in...

By Yanuarius Weya in Jayapura A pastor has been shot dead at the weekend allegedly by the Indonesian military, sparking protests by church groups and...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Six Papuan civilians have been killed and at least three others wounded after Indonesian security forces opened fire at a rally...

By RNZ News As the police worked to release victims' bodies to families by tonight, the first were buried this afternoon. Father and son, 44-year-old Khaled...

By RNZ Police Commissioner Mike Bush says police knew where the suspect from the Christchurch mosque attacks was going after the New Zealand shootings and...

Selwyn Manning, editor of Evening Report, profiles the Christchurch atrocity that has outraged and shaken a peaceful South Pacific nation. Out of the blue: It was...

By RNZ More than 50 New Zealand companies are considering pulling ads from Facebook because it allowed a livestream of the Christchurch massacre last Friday. Some...

By Katy Gosset of RNZ A Syrian-born woman whose husband and son were killed in Friday's terror attacks says her family was told New Zealand...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific New Zealand's Fijian community is reeling after three people from Fiji were killed in Friday's mosque attacks in Christchurch. The...

ANALYSIS: By Professor Greg Barton When lives are tragically cut short, it is generally easier to explain the “how” than the “why”. This dark reality...

OPINION: By Keith Locke It was heartwarming to be part of such a big and diverse crowd in Auckland’s Aotea Square on Saturday standing in...

OPINION: By Sasya Wreksono in Auckland In the 20 years I’ve lived in New Zealand since I was little, I’ve never felt unsafe or been...

Police have charged a man with murder after the death of his security officer colleague in a shootout. Both men were Filipinos and investigators...

By Elizah Palme in Wabag, Papua New Guinea Duty called for two police officers and other members of Papua New Guinea's Mt Hagen Mobile Squad...

By Giff Johnson in Majuro Ambassadors to the United States from the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands are seeking information about officer-involved...

Senior police officers have been given a week's refresher training in the use of firearms following an uproar over the force opening fire on...

By Anthony Kaybing in Buka, Bougainville The shooting of university students by the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary in Port Moresby last week has been...

Papua New Guinea authorities deny a student has died from the police crushing of a protest at the University of PNG last Wednesday, but...