BY: Loop Author 06:48, May 4, 2021 602 reads
Police Commissioner David Manning has described the attack on police and burning of 13 police houses in the Milne Bay as an act of terrorism.
The Commissioner issued a statement on Sunday saying, “These are not your common criminals but are terrorists and will be dealt with as such”.
Manning said they have declared war on the Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
“We will bring the full force of the government down hard on these terrorists. All resources at our disposal as well as manpower will be committed to hunting them down.
“They can run, but they cannot hide. Their days are numbered,” Manning stated.
Papua New Guinea has deployed extra police and defence force personnel to quell ongoing violence in Alotau.
The capital of Milne Bay province has been plagued by a series of unrest related to exchanges over the past two years between a criminal gang led by prison escapee Tommy Baker and police forces in their attempts to capture him and his followers.
Police barracks burnt down in Alotau.
Photo: EMTV
The latest violence saw Alotau town become the scene of a gun battle last week between security forces and the Tommy Baker gang, as well as the burning down of a police barracks.
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