local canterbury police have not confirmed numbers, but have said that there have been fatalities ands in more than one location. in an unprecedented action, they have also asked for all mosques throughout the country to close their doors. and currently, the whole of christchurch is in lockdown. let's speak to our correspondent hywel griffith. he is in sydney for it. mentioned the situation is still ongoing and the situation is still ongoing and the city is in lockdown. one glimpse of good news that have come from the police in the last few minutes, they have said that schools in the city of christchurch are now no longer in lockdown. students made to stay hours after the end of the day on friday afternoon and parents clearly worried about the risk that there could be another potentially armed person on the loose so police have sent out a message in the last five minutes saying that the lockdown has been lifted on schools that they reiterate there is a very, very heavy police presence across the city to try and ensure the safety of people. it has been an incredibly distressing daily f

local canterbury police have not confirmed numbers, but have said that there have been fatalities andne location. in an unprecedented action, they have also asked for all mosques throughout the country to close their doors. and currently, the whole of christ church is in lockdown. ramzan karmali, bbc news. and just an update on what ramzan karmali was saying there, police have made four updates, they say three men and one woman, but they say they cannot confirm there are not other offenders at large. —— christchurch. also, there were number of ieds, improvised explosive devices, attached to vehicles. they say they cannot give identities or those looked at the moment because of the lockdown, which are still very much in place. the advice from the police to is to remain indoors, evenif the police to is to remain indoors, even if that means you are separated from your loved ones for the moment. there is some suggestion just coming in from the radio show newstalk zb that there may be 27 dead, possibly as high as 50, but we cannot confirm that figure. thank you for watching, much more on t