Police are responding after an aggravated robbery at a bar in King Street, Hastings at around midday today.
Police staff, including AOS, are currently at a residential property in Karamu Road South, as they work to locate the offenders.
A number of schools in the area have been placed in lockdown as a precautionary measure.
More information will be provided as it beomes available.
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Issued by Police Media Centre.