Hunt for cop killers in East Sepik
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Hunt for cop killers in East Sepik
PORT MORESBY: Police have launched a massive manhunt for cop
killers after a policeman was slashed and stabbed to death in East Sepik’s
Ambunti-Dreikikier on Saturday (Jan 15, 2022).
Another policeman was also wounded but he managed to
fire his gun to disperse a group of knife-wielding men who had surrounded the
two policemen.
Border commander Assistant Commissioner Peter Philip
said the cop killers fled with three police-issued guns in the deadly attack.
He said Senior Constable Tony Mark died from multiple
stab and slash wounds.
Mark and Senior Constable Mike Togo were members of
the Mobile Squad from Port Moresby based in Angoram’s Turubu.
Details of the news break were published by The National:
Colleague
wounded as thugs pounce on lawmen
January 17, 2022The
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By GYNNIE KERO
A POLICEMAN was stabbed to death and another wounded when they were attacked
while trying to conduct an awareness on crime on Saturday in East Sepik.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Border Command Peter Philip said Senior
Constable Tony Mark who died, and Mike Togo, were members of the Mobile Squad
from Port Moresby based in Turubu, Angoram.
The incident happened in the Ambunti-Dreikikier district.
Philip confirmed that three police-issued guns were taken by the thugs during
the attack.
Mark is from West New Britain.
Both men had been deployed to guard a logging campsite at Elamuli in Tunap,
Hunstein.
Police said a woman had approached the policemen guarding the Elamuli logging
site on Friday to lodge a domestic violence complaint against her husband.
The policemen went to the couple’s home but the husband fled when he saw the
policemen coming.
Police found marijuana in the house.
On Saturday, the policemen left the campsite with employees of the company to
Indamin market, three kilometers inland, to conduct an awareness focusing on
the law against marijuana and domestic violence.
But as their vehicle stopped at the market, they were surrounded by a group of
men armed with knives.
“Wounded officer (Tongo) used his gun to disperse the crowd, shooting three men
in the process,” Philip said.
A team of 10 policemen was sent to Elamuli on Saturday.
Philip urged the people to return the guns taken from the police.
“They must return the firearms and the suspects must surrender (otherwise the
people) will not be able to vote in the general election,” he said. “Elamuli is
a transit point for smuggling activities.
Police are doing their best to send officers to the area.
“The community (must) make sure that the suspects are handed over before I come
to East Sepik.”
The area is in East Sepik but close to West Sepik too.
There is no road connecting to Elamuli to Vanimo or Aitape.
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