Cops, soldiers to launch massive manhunt for warlords and their tribesmen in Hela

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Cops, soldiers to launch massive manhunt for warlords and their tribesmen in Hela

PORT MORESBY: A massive manhunt is being organised by the police and army (soldiers) following a firearm attack by warlords in Hela Tuesday (March 29, 2022).

The Kupari village warlords and his tribesmen shot dead a police reservist and seriously injured three policemen when they attacked policemen who were on their way to the village for mediation talks.

They also attacked government facilities.

Police Minister William Onglo said leaders and aspiring General Election 2022 candidates illegally possessing guns or were caught supplying arms to warlords would be sternly dealt with.

He said the Cabinet had approved a call-out operation involving members of security forces in Hela’s Tari following the attack by warlords and their tribesmen on police and civilians.

The news break was reported by The National:

Security ramp-up in Hela

March 31, 2022The NationalMain Stories

By GEORGINA KOREI and GYNNIE KERO
LEADERS and intending general election candidates illegally possessing guns, or are caught supplying them to Hela warlords, will be sternly dealt with, says Police Minister William Onglo.
Onglo made the comment yesterday after Cabinet approved a call-out operation involving members of the security forces in Tari, Hela where a reservist cop was killed and two colleagues badly wounded during a gun battle with villagers on Tuesday.
Onglo said security forces teams were sent to Tari from Mendi in Southern Highlands on Tuesday and from Mt Hagen in Western Highlands yesterday.
“I do, in the strongest term possible, condemn the attack by the warlords and eventually the killing of a reservist police officer,” he said.
“We need to respect the law and maintain our conduct as responsible citizens. But these barbarians think they are above the law and can take the life of an innocent policemen who was just doing his job.
“Law-breakers must surrender. If we find out that leaders, intending candidates, all giving guns to people (involved in tribal fights), we will deal with you.
“Ethnic clashes should be left in the past. We are in a modern world. The culture of paybacks should be done away with.”
The incident on Tuesday reportedly stemmed from a gun battle between police and men from Kupari village when members of a police mobile squad unit went to the village for a peace mediation.
Cabinet yesterday approved security operations in the region leading up to the general election.
Onglo said the security team comprising police and soldiers would patrol the region, including Tari to bring the situation under control.
“The security forces are being mobilised in the entire Highlands,” he said.
“We want to see investigations and arrests. We want law-breakers and warlords to face the full force of the law. We must contain lawlessness.”
Acting Assistant Police Commissioner for the Highlands Western End John Kale said people in Tari should not see the additional police presence in Tari as a threat.
“(They have been) deployed to Tari to help local police restore peace,” he said.
Kale said only a group of warlords had been attacking police and damaging properties in Tari.
The two policemen shot on Tuesday were treated at the Tari General Hospital.
“The one with the bullet wound has undergone operation and is stable. The other was discharged,” he said.
He said families who lost their homes would be provided temporary homes.

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