Tag: Ambush
PNG’s energy minister, supporters flee for their lives in elections attack
By Shirley Mauludu in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Energy Minister Saki Soloma and his supporters had to run for their lives when they were...
Post-Courier blasts Marape for Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Post-Courier newspaper today compared Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape to the infamous emperor Nero who fiddled while Rome...
Indonesian military, police continue Papua crackdown over soldier deaths
By Rahmad Nasution in Jayapura
More than a week after four Indonesian soldiers were killed by pro-independence fighters in an attack on a military post...
Gunmen shoot dead Philippines radio journalist outside his home
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A radio journalist has been shot dead outside his home by two gunmen on a motorcycle, Philippines police said - four...
16 armed robbers kill three, wound one in remote PNG highway...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Three Papua New Guineans have been killed and another man is recovering in hospital after 16 armed bandits ambushed...
Rogue PNG police spray senior officer’s home with bullets in Father’s...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
A man is in Papua New Guinea police custody and investigations are underway after the home of a senior...
