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Tess Ikonomou

Australia offers aid after 'disturbing' massacre in PNG

Police in Papua New Guinea responded to a tribal clash in which 53 people reportedly died. (Lloyd Jones/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia stands ready to support Papua New Guinea's authorities in quelling violence after dozens of people were killed in a massacre.

PNG Police revised the death toll in the country's highlands to 26 after revealing they'd received the "wrong head count".

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