A gunman opened fire at a building site just hours before the opening game at the city’s Eden Park between co-hosts New Zealand and Norway.
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP teams in Auckland said they were shocked but safe after a deadly shooting in the centre of the New Zealand city on the opening day of the tournament Thursday.New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the showpiece match would go ahead as scheduled but the incident left teams rattled with at least one squad staying nearby.
“At first we didn’t know what was going on, but eventually there were updates on TV and the local media,” she said in a statement. Defending champions the United States are also based in Auckland for the tournament, which is also being co-hosted by Australia, and similarly said “all of our players and staff are accounted for and safe”.
Hipkins told reporters there was no ongoing risk and he had spoken with football’s governing body FIFA.
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