{"id":2588,"date":"2014-12-07T12:17:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T17:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2014-12-07T12:17:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T17:17:31","slug":"papua-new-guinea-police-and-army-involved-in-shootout-at-lock-up-abc-news-australian-broadcasting-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2588","title":{"rendered":"Papua New Guinea police and army involved in shootout at lock-up &#8211; ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2014-12-07\/png-police-and-army-involved-in-shootout\/5950034\">Papua New Guinea police and army involved in shootout at lock-up &#8211; ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"first\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.3334; font-size: 1.25em; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 0px;\">Papua New Guinea&#8217;s police and army have formed a joint taskforce to investigate a shootout between the two forces that left four men in hospital with gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.3334; font-size: 1.25em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 0px;\">Businesses located near the confrontation closed their doors and there were reports of looting following the clash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.3334; font-size: 1.25em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 0px;\">&#8220;After last night&#8217;s stand off, culminating from a drunken brawl between our soldiers and policemen &#8230; senior officers from both the defence force and the constabulary have now formed a task force to investigate,&#8221; deputy police commissioner Jim Andrews said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.3334; font-size: 1.25em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 0px;\">&#8220;I appeal to all members of the constabulary to refrain from provoking or inciting further violence with our counterparts from the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.3334; font-size: 1.25em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 0px;\">The altercation began in the early hours of Saturday morning in the Port Moresby suburb of Boroko.<\/p>\n<p style=\"word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.3334; font-size: 1.25em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 0px;\">Police say a group of soldiers were drunk and disorderly on the street in front of a nightclub.<\/p>\n<p style=\"word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.3334; font-size: 1.25em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 0px;\">They arrested several soldiers and locked them up at the nearby Boroko police station.<\/p>\n<p style=\"word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.3334; font-size: 1.25em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 0px;\">A short time later, a group of soldiers arrived at the police station and managed to free three soldiers from the cells.<\/p>\n<p style=\"word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.3334; font-size: 1.25em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 0px;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Papua New Guinea police and army involved in shootout at lock-up &#8211; ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Papua New Guinea&#8217;s police and army have formed a joint taskforce to investigate a shootout between the two forces that left four men in hospital with gunshot wounds. 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