Ua hoʻomaka ka "kūlana ulia pōpilikia" i ka haʻalele ʻana mai ke kahua mokulele ʻo Brisbane ma mua o kēia lā, ma hope o ka hopu ʻana o nā mākaʻi o Queensland i kahi kanaka i ʻōlelo he mea pahū ma luna ona.
Ua hoʻoweliweli ke kanaka i ka pahi me ka ʻōlelo ʻana he poma, wahi a nā mea ʻike maka. Ua ʻōlelo pū kekahi mau hōʻike hōʻike ma ka pūnaewele ua ʻike ʻia kekahi kanaka e ʻala ana i ka pahi a hana hoʻoweliweli.
Ma kahi o 9pm i ka Pōʻaono, ua hoʻolaha aku ka mākaʻi o Queensland i ka haʻalele ʻana a me ka pani ʻana o ke kahua mokulele ma muli o ke "kūlana pilikia." Ua kāpae ʻia nā lawelawe kaʻaahi.
Ua hoʻouna aku nā mākaʻi i kahi mea hou e ʻōlelo ana ua lawe ʻia kekahi kanaka i loko o ka hale paʻahao me ka ʻole o ka "hōʻeha i hōʻike ʻia i kekahi lālā o ka lehulehu a i ʻole nā mākaʻi." Ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻimi ʻana o ke kahua mokulele.
Ua ʻōlelo nō hoʻi nā luna ʻaʻohe mea hōʻike e hōʻike ana i ka mea i hana ʻia e pili ana i ka hoʻoweliweli, a ua hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻo ia he hanana hana ʻino home.
Ua ʻōlelo aku nā mākaʻi i nā lālā o ka lehulehu e pale aku i ka mokulele, a lākou e ʻōlelo nei ua "paʻa" e nā luna loea.
Ua lawe ʻo Brisbane Airport i Twitter e haʻi i ka poʻe huakaʻi e "hoʻokele nei nā mākaʻi federal i ka mea palekana" a ke manaʻo nei lākou e hoʻomau i nā "hana maʻamau i ka hiki."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Brisbane Airport took to Twitter to tell travelers that the federal police are “managing the security matter” and they hope to resume “normal operations as soon as possible.
- Ua ʻōlelo nō hoʻi nā luna ʻaʻohe mea hōʻike e hōʻike ana i ka mea i hana ʻia e pili ana i ka hoʻoweliweli, a ua hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻo ia he hanana hana ʻino home.
- The man was threatening people with a knife and claiming to have a bomb, eyewitnesses said.
