THREE brothers and a cousin were “cut up like cattle” and four other people are missing after Papua New Guinea clansmen launched a payback attack to avenge a murder.<\/p>\n
The four mutilated bodies were found at a settlement outside the capital Port Moresby today, police said.<\/p>\n
Officers are searching for three women and a child, who were travelling in a ute with the slain men. It is feared they may also have been killed.<\/p>\n
Police believe today’s killings were a payback for the murder of another man yesterday.<\/p>\n
“This incident was particularly bad,” a police spokesman said.<\/p>\n
“Now we are appealing for calm and no more payback.”<\/p>\n
Police said the four men, all aged in their mid-20s, were set upon when their ute stopped at a road block at Laloki, outside Port Moresby.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of people living in and around the Laloki area have fled their homes, fearing reprisals over the initial murder.<\/p>\n
Payback attacks are widespread in PNG, but authorities seek to persuade aggrieved parties to settle matters through police and the court system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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