00:02Behind me is the Hyatt. It's a hotel that's used for a number of events by politicians, diplomats, dignitaries and
00:09industry and today there's an event being held for the defence sector. The Chief of Navy was giving a speech
00:15when there were two loud bangs. As a result someone yelled that there was a shooter and then there was
00:21panic. People started running, obviously trying to hide.
00:24Our ABC cameraman caught a lot of this footage as to what was going on but then thank goodness shortly
00:31after that it was determined there was no active shooter on site.
00:35So as a result the speech continued and the event inside is still actually continuing at the moment.
00:42That said our ABC cameraman heard some guests in the hotel speaking to security saying that they saw two people
00:49on bikes, their faces covered,
00:51throwing what appeared to be large rocks at glass windows. We've seen shattered windows behind us here at the Hyatt.
00:58Those windows were next to the room where the Chief of Navy was speaking.
01:02Police turned up about 15 to 20 minutes after the incident. You'll see that they're still here behind me at
01:08the moment.
01:09They've closed the major road behind the Hyatt while investigations continue.
01:14Now the Prime Minister is in Tasmania today and he was asked a short time ago about this particular incident.
01:19I continue to just say people need to turn the temperature down. Politicians and people, that does nothing to advance
01:31a cause.
01:32That just alienates people from whatever the supposed cause that this person has done.
01:42Now ACT police are expected to remain on site for most of the day.
01:46The hotel is still open. As I mentioned that event is still going on.
01:49Guests are allowed to come and go from the hotel and confirmation as well we've received that the AFP bomb
01:56response team is also assisting and investigations in general are ongoing.
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