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The Guardian

At least four people are dead and two injured in a mass shooting in the city centre of Darwin, northern Australia.
Police have arrested the suspected shooter, described as a Caucasian man aged 45, who was wearing high-visibility overalls.
Witnesses told national broadcaster ABC that the man walked into the Palms Motel on Darwin’s Esplanade and opened fire with a pump-action shotgun just before 6pm on Tuesday.
Northern Territory police duty superintendent Lee Morgan said: “At this stage we’ve got reports of four deceased and a number of other people who have been shot.”
Morgan said police first received calls about shots being fired at 5.50pm local time.

Witness Leah Potter said the gunman was armed with a pump-action shotgun and shot a woman through her hotel room door.
“I was in the car park [of a neighbouring hotel] when I heard what I thought were fireworks going off, really loud cracking, banging fireworks,” she said.
The gunman was then reported to have fled the scene, until being arrested by Northern Territory police without incident at 6.45pm. Officers expect to lay charges against him on Wednesday.
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There are reports of a fifth fatality outside the city centre but this has not yet been confirmed by authorities.
Another witness, John Rose, told ABC he saw the gunman walk in with “a sawn-off shotgun”.
“He shot up all the rooms and he went to every room looking for somebody and he shot them all up, then we saw him rush out, jump into his Toyota pickup, and rush off.”
He said the gunman was calm as he shot up the hotel.
“Once he left we went in and found one gentleman, he’s over there, we pulled him out,” Rose said.
“This lady turned up and started screaming, and we didn’t realise there was another person in there … apparently he’s dead, he’s been shot.”
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Royal Darwin Hospital spokeswoman Sally Edwards said the emergency department was treating an injured person who is in a stable condition.
Police had earlier shut down parts of the city and alerted the public an armed offender was on the loose.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the attack was not believed to be terror related.
“Our advice is that this is not a terrorist act,” Morrison told reporters in London.
Northern Territory Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw said the suspect was released from prison on parole in January and was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet. Police did not say why he had been in prison or whether the bracelet helped police arrest him.
Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner described the incident as an “incredibly difficult night.”
“This is not the Darwin we know,” Gunner said. “This may be an event you prepare for, but this is never an event you want to respond to.”
Pump action shotguns have been virtually banned from private ownership in Australia along with other rapid-fire weapons under the country’s tough gun laws designed to prevent mass shootings
Additional reporting by Agence France-Presse and Associated Press


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In this image made from video, police proceed to apprehend a suspect on the ground next to a white truck, Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in Darwin Australia. Media reports say a gunman has killed at least four people in the Australian city of Darwin. Northern Territory Police Duty Superintendent Lee Morgan says a 45-year-old man was in custody following Tuesday's shooting. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)

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A Victoria Police investigator at the scene of a shooting outside Love Machine nightclub in Prahran, Melbourne on April 14, 2019. Photo: Reuters

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Police arrested the man in Tongliao city. Photo: Handout

Police have arrested a man after he shot and killed five in ChinaÕs inner mongolia region on Monday.The man shot and killed five people in three different locations between 3.30pm and 4.20pm, authorities said.Beijing News reported that suspect was arrested after police shot and wounded him. His firearms and ammunition were also confiscated.

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Eyewitnesses said the shooter walked into the Palms Motel on Darwin’s Esplanade and opened fire with a pump-action shotgun
The gunman was then reported to have fled the scene, until being arrested by Northern Territory police without incident at 6.45pm


Eyewitnesses said the shooter walked into the Palms Motel on Darwin’s Esplanade and opened fire with a pump-action shotgun.


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