Emergency services respond to ‘incident’ at Auckland youth justice facility

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Emergency services are responding to an incident at a youth justice facility in Auckland.

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Police were called to the incident at Korowai Manaaki Youth Justice Residence in Wiri about 12.40pm.

No further information was available.

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Oranga Tamariki has been contacted for comment.

A Stuff visual journalist at the scene said there were at least eight police cars at the facility.

At least eight police cars are at the scene.

Abigail Dougherty/Stuff

At least eight police cars are at the scene.

Firefighters were also in attendance and appeared to be waiting inside their fire engines.

It comes a week after a dangerous day-long standoff between police and a group of unruly teenagers at Te Puna Wai ō Tuhinapo in Burnham.

Stuff understands a group of five teenagers took a set of keys from a guard in a unit at the facility, escaped to the roof and refused to come down.

KFC was reportedly used to negotiate with the teenagers, who were given the fast food after they surrendered.

MORE TO COME.

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