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Monday, May 11th, 2009 at 9:00 am

In the sadness of the Napier shootings, one can onoly find some light in the text message Lenny Holmwood sent a friend:

“Jan busted. 3 cops shot. Me leg. Can you feed Scrappy.”

Scrappy is his cat. There is something about Kiwis and our pets. I think more people were concerned about Fi the Police Dog, than whether Molenaar lived or not.Mind you Fi didn’t shoot three cops!

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Molenaar dead

Saturday, May 9th, 2009 at 9:43 am

It looks like the Napier siege is over, with Jan Molenaar presumed dead at his own hand, and Police seen in his house this morning, after some blasts during the night. Herald has updates.

Even better news is that Police have recovered the body of Len Snee, and Police Dog Fi recovered alive.

Also stories are confirming that the civilian shot, probably saved the life of two Police officers by intervening. Giove that man a medal.

An interesting tidbit, is that Police Minister Judith Collin’s husband used to be an undercover officer himself. So she will know well the worry you can have about whether they will return home unarmed.

UPDATE: He is confirmed dead. Found dead in a bedroom just after midday.

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