Man dead after armed standoff with police in Christchurch
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A man has died from stab wounds after a protracted standoff with armed police in a Christchurch suburban street. Police are now investigating whether the dead man had any link...
show morePolice are now investigating whether the dead man had any link to the March 15 mosque attacks.
The 54-year-old man had been sought in relation to a firearms incident yesterday.
After a tip-off from a member of the public, a search warrant was executed at a St Martins property late yesterday and police discovered a cache of firearms.
The man was located by police in a stopped vehicle in the Richmond Park area about 12.30am this morning.
The Police Negotiation Team spoke with the man for several hours, and eventually approached to find him in a critical condition.
He died at the scene of a suspected stab wound.
Also today, tragedy on the West Coast after a woman was washed away in floodwaters, and the New Zealand Defence Forces mourns one of its Navy sailors, who died in a training exercise in Devonport this week.
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