#Cops ambushed driver#

“As he fell, the men continued to fire at the man. “On Monday afternoon, as my family was getting produce from a nearby market near my home, three men armed with firearms, opened fire at another man, the man turning to run was shot in the back,” Chief Insp.

He said that a killing in front of his home by the armed men on Monday afternoon sparked police to go after them at Kupari. Hela provincial police commander Chief Inspector Teddy Agwi in a telephone interview said that the situation in the province is tense as heavy gunfire continued to be heard throughout the district of Tari-Pori. The Post-Courier understands that the shoot-out at 11am was between the Linabini clan from the Hambuali-Jangali area and police. Police Mobile Squad Three from Port Moresby will be dispatched to Tari this morning. “I am now working with local police to ascertain more facts as to what has transpired in Tari.” “The men were pinned against their vehicles as they took on heavy fire from the armed men, two of our police officers sustained gunshot wounds to their abdomen and leg and were rushed to the Tari Hospital by their colleagues. “Several armed men fired at police forcing the group, including a mobile squad, to take cover. “The situation is tense with police officers working around the clock to secure the barracks and Tari,” Mr Manning said. Police Commissioner David Manning said that the burning of homes at Kupari sparked the retaliation and the burning of three homes at the Pai Police Barracks.

#Cops ambushed driver#

The two members of a Mobile Squad were shot by several men as they responded to calls for assistance by the group of auxiliary officers.Īccording to information received, calls were made to Mobile Squad 12 to respond to a house on fire, MS12 went in, en route to Kupari but they were ambushed by armed men.Įight shots were fired at the vehicle, with two shots missing MS12 commander and hitting his driver in the leg, with another bullet hitting a constable seated at the back of the vehicle.īoth men are recovering at the Tari General Hospital. Three homes at the Pai Police Barracks were also burnt by several armed men who entered the barracks chasing families away and setting the homes on fire.Īccording to police sources, the police reservist was shot point blank as he was with a group that allegedly set fire to several homes in Kupari. A police reservist is dead and two members of the regular force injured in an ambush in Tari, Hela Province, yesterday morning.