3 cops probed for youth who was shot dead
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3 cops probed for youth who was shot dead
PORT MORESBY: Three policemen are being investigated after a youth
was shot dead in Kimbe’s Section 10 early Thursday (Jan 13, 2022).
West New Britain commander Chief Inspector Januaris
Vosivai said the investigation into the shooting had started with the
officer-in-charge of the provincial Criminal Investigations Department in
charge of the case.
Details of the news break were reported by The National:
Cops probe
policemen over death
January 24, 2022The
NationalMain Stories
By MIRIAM ZARRIGA
WEST New Britan police are investigating three of their own officers
after the death of a youth allegedly caused by police at section 10, Kimbe,
early on Thursday.
Robin Nasar was returning home after a night of drinking when a police officer
allegedly shot him in the stomach, resulting in his death on the verandah of
his family home in front of his older brother and his father.
Francis Nasar said his brother was returning home and had with him his bag and
a shirt.
“He was just drinking on his own and made it into the yard when an officer
followed him, kicking open the gate, and shot him,” he said.
According to the family, the police officers had been chasing three youths when
they lost them.
Two of the officers got off the vehicle and walked down the road hiding in a
flower bed directly opposite the family home.
“My brother did not know what was happening, he arrived home after the initial
chase, he walked into the yard, threw the gate shut and walked off, I turned
and I walked off when I saw him in the yard,” Francis said.
“That’s when the officer was at the gate and I heard the gun (shot), my brother
made it to the stairs of the house, before collapsing and dying on the
verandah.”
On Friday morning, section 10 residents gathered in front of the Nasar family
home and walked with the body. They tried to make their way to Kimbe town, when
police stopped them.
The whole community had wanted to go to the police station. They said they
wanted to witness the three police officers arrested and charged.
However, acting police station commander Senior Inspector Peter Senginawa met
the community and assured them that police would look into the situation.
Police commander Chief Inspector Januaris Vosivai told The National that
an investigation into the shooting had started with the officer-in-charge of
the provincial criminal investigation division in charge of the case.
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