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 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.
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 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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