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At least 64 killed in ‘largest’ tribal clashes in Papua New Guinea

Police preparing to go on patrol outside their police station in the town of Wabag in the highlands province of Enga, November 21, 2018 [Peter Parks/ AFP]

At least 64 people have been killed in tribal violence in the northern highlands of Papua New Guinea, according to media reports, with one police officer describing the killings as the “largest” in the Pacific nation’s recent history.

The Post-Courier newspaper, citing local police, said the killings began at dawn on Sunday in the Wapenamanda District of the Enga Province.

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