Officials says at least 26 people have been reportedly killed by a gang of men in three remote villages in Papua New Guinea’s East Sepik province
FILE - Performers in traditional dresses stand outside of Parliament Haus in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on Nov. 16, 2018. At least 26 people has been reported killed by a gang of men in three remote villages last week in Papua New Guinea's north, United Nations and police officials said on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. “It was a very terrible thing … when I approached the area, I saw that there were children, men, women.
Baugen told the ABC that all the houses in the villages had been burned and the remaining villagers were sheltering at a police station, too scared to name the perpetrators. “Some of the bodies left in the night were taken by crocodiles into the swamp. We only saw the place where they were killed. There were heads chopped off,” Baugen said, adding that the attackers were hiding and there were no arrests yet.
U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement Wednesday that the attacks happened on July 16 and July 18. “I am horrified by the shocking eruption of deadly violence in Papua New Guinea, seemingly as the result of a dispute over land and lake ownership and user rights,” Turk said.“This number could rise to over 50, as local authorities search for missing people. In addition, more than 200 villagers fled as their homes were torched,” Turk said.
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