Tauranga bomb threat politically motivated

September 15, 2005 

Parts of central Tauranga city in New Zealand were evacuated around lunchtime today after a man threatened to detonate a bomb unless he was allowed to speak to the Prime Minister, Helen Clark. 
The man is said to have entered the Devonport Towers hotel at around 11:15 am. When hotel staff attempted to remove him, he claimed that his backpack was packed with explosives. 
Police are negotiating with the man via telephone. Tauranga resident Erin Cornwall said that police have been called in from Auckland to help deal with the situation. It appears that the man is a foreign student who has a grievance related to the expiry of his residence permit.
Tauranga bomb threat politically motivated September 15 , 2005 Parts of central Tauranga city in New Zealand were evacuated around lunchtime today after a man threatened to detonate a bomb unless he was allowed to speak to the Prime Minister , Helen Clark . The man is said to have entered the Devonport Towers hotel at around 11:15 am . When hotel staff attempted to remove him , he claimed that his backpack was packed with explosives . Police are negotiating with the man via telephone . Tauranga resident Erin Cornwall said that police have been called in from Auckland to help deal with the situation . It appears that the man is a foreign student who has a grievance related to the expiry of his residence permit .
Tauranga bomb threat
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central Tauranga city
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New Zealand
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lunchtime
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a man
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a bomb
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he
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the Prime Minister
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Helen Clark
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The man
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the Devonport Towers hotel
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around 11:15 am
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hotel staff
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him
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his backpack
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explosives
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the man
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telephone
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Tauranga resident Erin Cornwall
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Auckland
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the situation
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the man
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a foreign student
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a grievance
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the expiry
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his residence permit
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