01-17-2019, 09:52 AM
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/01/17/...-building/
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - OHA offices on Nimitz Highway are on lockdown and police are on scene after a self-proclaimed Hawaiian sovereignty group from Kauai stormed the building Thursday afternoon.
Police have blocked off all access to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs offices, and employees have been evacuated.
Sources told Hawaii News Now that the group that stormed the building is called the Kingdom of Atooi.
They told OHA employees that they were there to seize assets and arrest trustees.
Several members of the group are still in the building, sources said.
Two OHA employees were reportedly assaulted in the incident, though the extent of their injuries is unknown.
The incident comes on the anniversary of the 1893 overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - OHA offices on Nimitz Highway are on lockdown and police are on scene after a self-proclaimed Hawaiian sovereignty group from Kauai stormed the building Thursday afternoon.
Police have blocked off all access to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs offices, and employees have been evacuated.
Sources told Hawaii News Now that the group that stormed the building is called the Kingdom of Atooi.
They told OHA employees that they were there to seize assets and arrest trustees.
Several members of the group are still in the building, sources said.
Two OHA employees were reportedly assaulted in the incident, though the extent of their injuries is unknown.
The incident comes on the anniversary of the 1893 overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.