Posse of more than 100 cops being assembled for manhunt in Enga for 80 killers
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Posse of more than 100 cops being assembled for manhunt in Enga for 80 killers
PORT MORESBY: A posse of more than 100 policemen is to be assembled in Enga for a massive manhunt to capture more than 80 tribal killers on the prowl in the province.
This is in retaliation with the ongoing tribal fights and mass killings jolting the Porgera mining area.
Some 100 policemen from Port Moresby are bound for Enga within a week to restore law and order in the area.
Enga commander Sr Insp Epenes Nili had last week revealed that more than 80 suspects had been identified following the mass killing of six people - men, women and children - whose decomposed remains were recovered in Pinu River. (Read this for context: https://pngcybermonitor.blogspot.com/2019/12/cops-identify-80-murder-suspects-from.html (Cops identify 80 murder suspects from Hela)
PNG Cyber Monitor reproduces below details of the breaking news as reported by The National:
100 cops for Enga
POLICE are preparing for a major swoop on Enga this week to restore law and order – with some 100 policemen from Port Moresby bound for the province to hunt down more 80 suspected killers on the prowl in the province.
This follows the mass killing of six people – men, women and children – in Mt Kare about two weeks ago. Their decomposed bodies were found in Pinu River.
The dead, from Pori, were on their way home from Porgera via Mt Kare, a traditional route, when they were attacked.
Locals posted on Facebook blaming the ongoing unrest and killings on ongoing feuds between two major tribal warlords.
Similar “mass murders” also occurred last year in Tari-Pori’s Karida Village in Hela.
Enga commander Sr Insp Epenes Nili told The National that some 100 policemen from Port Moresby are expected to arrive in Enga this week to help restore law and order.
“I filed a detailed report on the ongoing tribal fighting and killings to Comm David Manning. And that is why security will be beefed up to stop the lawlessness and to catch the suspects,” he added.
Sr Insp Nili said the ongoing tribal fighting in the Porgera Mine area that had claimed many lives was not caused by Engans. “It is a fight between warring tribes from Hela who are chasing each other, spilling into Enga, where they killed their own people at the mine.
“Mt Kare shared the border with Hela and Enga. Six people from Hela were killed by their own people in Porgera two weeks ago, which escalated the killing and involved Engans.
“Mobile squad from Western Highlands has travelled to the province to help the policemen and soldiers on the ground,” he said.
Sr Insp Nili said police would step up a manhunt for the suspects and to seize their weapons including firearms and ammunition.
“We will not go easy when we move in with a full force,” he added.
Police Minister Bryan Kramer told The National that a detailed police report on the fighting and killings had been received and confirmed that a posse of policemen would be deployed to Enga.
Last week, Sr Insp Nili also told The National that police had identified more than 80 suspects involved in the mass killing.
He said the suspects were all from Hela and policemen had been deployed to keep a lookout for them.
This follows the mass killing of six people – men, women and children – in Mt Kare about two weeks ago. Their decomposed bodies were found in Pinu River.
The dead, from Pori, were on their way home from Porgera via Mt Kare, a traditional route, when they were attacked.
Locals posted on Facebook blaming the ongoing unrest and killings on ongoing feuds between two major tribal warlords.
Similar “mass murders” also occurred last year in Tari-Pori’s Karida Village in Hela.
Enga commander Sr Insp Epenes Nili told The National that some 100 policemen from Port Moresby are expected to arrive in Enga this week to help restore law and order.
“I filed a detailed report on the ongoing tribal fighting and killings to Comm David Manning. And that is why security will be beefed up to stop the lawlessness and to catch the suspects,” he added.
Sr Insp Nili said the ongoing tribal fighting in the Porgera Mine area that had claimed many lives was not caused by Engans. “It is a fight between warring tribes from Hela who are chasing each other, spilling into Enga, where they killed their own people at the mine.
“Mt Kare shared the border with Hela and Enga. Six people from Hela were killed by their own people in Porgera two weeks ago, which escalated the killing and involved Engans.
“Mobile squad from Western Highlands has travelled to the province to help the policemen and soldiers on the ground,” he said.
Sr Insp Nili said police would step up a manhunt for the suspects and to seize their weapons including firearms and ammunition.
“We will not go easy when we move in with a full force,” he added.
Police Minister Bryan Kramer told The National that a detailed police report on the fighting and killings had been received and confirmed that a posse of policemen would be deployed to Enga.
Last week, Sr Insp Nili also told The National that police had identified more than 80 suspects involved in the mass killing.
He said the suspects were all from Hela and policemen had been deployed to keep a lookout for them.
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