

He said the Kaintiba shooting resulted from a fight over a long-standing dispute that was not related to Christmas celebrations.

The Commander of Southern Region Police Assistant Commissioner John Marru said yesterday that apart from the reported incidents, the region from Western province to Milne Bay and Northern were generally quiet and he thanked the people in the region for celebrating Christmas in a meaningful way. Two men also died from separate traffic accidents in Northern and Milne Bay provinces while an illegal liquor outlet was raided by police and 86 cartons of been confiscated by police during the Christmas holiday period. 29) - A villager was shot in his right eye with an arrow and died on Boxing Day during a clash between two clans in the remote Kaintiba station of Gulf province, according to police. PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (The National, Dec.
