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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby

More than 30 dead in tribal fighting on Papua New Guinea’s ‘island of love’

Papua New Guinea police commissioner David Manning, is leading the operation to contain the violence.
Papua New Guinea police commissioner David Manning is leading the operation to contain the violence. Photograph: EMTV Papua New Guinea

Tribal warfare on Kiriwina Island in Papua New Guinea’s east has left 32 people dead and 15 others missing, with fighting continuing.

The fighting erupted on Monday between the Kulumata and Kuboma people on the island, which is in Milne Bay province.

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