Tribal violence kills 30 people in Papua New Guinea
At least 30 people are reported to have been killed in the new tribal clashes that hit Papua-New Guinea.
At least 30 people are reported to have been killed in the new tribal clashes that hit Papua-New Guinea. Reports say that a shootout between hundreds of tribal fighters in Papua New Guinea has resulted in the deaths of approximately 30 people.
The security forces in the country have been given emergency powers to take action to quell the unrest.
The Papua New Guinea police said in a statement that the riots first broke out in August after unlicensed miners injured a land owner in the Porgera valley, one of the areas where gold is rich.
Negotiations to find peace failed and the situation has turned into a bad ethnic conflict, where on Sunday 30 people were killed while hundreds of women and children were left homeless after houses were set on fire.
Two officers are also among those killed. Police Commissioner David Manning has said that force will be used to restore order in the mountainous area.
In February this year, the country witnessed another such ethnic conflict where 53 people were killed.
Papua New Guinea is a developing nation of 10 million people with 800 languages in a strategically important part of the South Pacific.
