Festive law and order was too good to last in Port Moresby - Store manager stabbed to death in robbery
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Festive law and order was too good to last in Port Moresby - Store manager stabbed to death in robbery
PORT MORESBY: Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s first major crime casualty for 2020 was a Bangladeshi store manager who was stabbed to death in a robbery on the second day of the New Year.
A security guard was also stabbed but he survived and is recovering in the Port Moresby General Hospital.
Looks like the relatively peaceful Christmas and New Year holidays were too good to last.
Here the full story of the “crime of the year” as published by The National:
Stabbed to death
By MARJORIE FINKEO and SYLVESTER WEMURUA BANGLADESHI store manager was stabbed to death in a robbery in Port Moresby’s first major crime of the year yesterday – the second day of 2020.
A security guard was also stabbed when five knife-wielding robbers raided the Gerehu Mart Department Store at about noon and fled with a money bag containing an undisclosed amount of cash.
One of the two robbers caught by security guards was also injured when he was beaten up by the public.
A security guard was also stabbed when five knife-wielding robbers raided the Gerehu Mart Department Store at about noon and fled with a money bag containing an undisclosed amount of cash.
One of the two robbers caught by security guards was also injured when he was beaten up by the public.
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The other robber escaped soon after he was handed over to the police.
Scorpion Security Services manager Jessie Paul said the robbers entered the shop upstairs, grabbed shoes on the shelves and went into the office showing an invoice to the manager asking for money for deposits.
“When the manager refused and started asking questions, one of the robbers stabbed him on the chest, turned around and stabbed a guard, and grabbed a money bag,” Paul said.
Three of the robbers who were mingling with shoppers then fled as their two accomplices rushed out of the office.
They were then confronted by security guards who managed to overpower and detained two of them.
As the guards were escorting the duo out of the store to hand them over to the police, the crowd outside the store attacked one of the robbers.
The assault stopped when police arrived at the scene.
The injured robber was escorted by policemen and taken to the Port Moresby Hospital in an ambulance.
The other robber was escorted by policemen to the nearby Gerehu station but he escaped.
Paul said he did not know how the robbery suspect escaped.
The manager Ridoy Hason collapsed and died in his office while the guard, Joseph Moka from Western Highlands, was warded in the Port Moresby General Hospital where he was reported to be in a stable condition.
Eye witness Sebastine Kapus, whose shirt was stained with blood after helping to carry Hason out of the store, said the robbers were believed to be from Hela.
He said the suspects lived in 24 Market, Gerehu, Stage 3.
A senior police officer who wish to remain anonymous said the injured suspect was escorted by an armed robbery squad in a St John ambulance to the hospital.
“He will be arrested and charged at the Boroko station after receiving treatment,” he added.
National Capital District/Central Asst Comm Anthony Wagambie Jr said Gerehu police had been ordered to explain how and why the suspect escaped from custody.
Scorpion Security Services manager Jessie Paul said the robbers entered the shop upstairs, grabbed shoes on the shelves and went into the office showing an invoice to the manager asking for money for deposits.
“When the manager refused and started asking questions, one of the robbers stabbed him on the chest, turned around and stabbed a guard, and grabbed a money bag,” Paul said.
Three of the robbers who were mingling with shoppers then fled as their two accomplices rushed out of the office.
They were then confronted by security guards who managed to overpower and detained two of them.
As the guards were escorting the duo out of the store to hand them over to the police, the crowd outside the store attacked one of the robbers.
The assault stopped when police arrived at the scene.
The injured robber was escorted by policemen and taken to the Port Moresby Hospital in an ambulance.
The other robber was escorted by policemen to the nearby Gerehu station but he escaped.
Paul said he did not know how the robbery suspect escaped.
The manager Ridoy Hason collapsed and died in his office while the guard, Joseph Moka from Western Highlands, was warded in the Port Moresby General Hospital where he was reported to be in a stable condition.
Eye witness Sebastine Kapus, whose shirt was stained with blood after helping to carry Hason out of the store, said the robbers were believed to be from Hela.
He said the suspects lived in 24 Market, Gerehu, Stage 3.
A senior police officer who wish to remain anonymous said the injured suspect was escorted by an armed robbery squad in a St John ambulance to the hospital.
“He will be arrested and charged at the Boroko station after receiving treatment,” he added.
National Capital District/Central Asst Comm Anthony Wagambie Jr said Gerehu police had been ordered to explain how and why the suspect escaped from custody.
Crime mitigation programs must now be a priority for every community and suburbs in the city
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