PNG fighting kills 10

Port Moresby: Media reports in Papua New Guinea say hundreds of villagers have been displaced in Hela province after deadly fighting.

The focal point of fighting is TariPori, the district represented by PNG’s prime minister James Marape.

Newspaper The National reports that a land dispute last week in the Tagali area lapsed into a violent confrontation.

After it resulted in a man being shot dead, fighting escalated between different branches of one tribe, killing 10 people in two days.

EMTV reports more than 1000 people have left their villages to seek shelter in schools or other public facilities in fear of more violence. — RNZ