2016 Alotau hostage

Police will launch full investigation into Alotau situation

Provincial Police Commander, Joseph Morehari, told TVWan News today, he is more than certain that is the case, but has given orders for a full investigation to establish what led to the chaos.

After 5 hours of a ‘situation lock down’, Morehari said he was advised that PNG Air staff had locked themselves in because of an alleged armed robbery that was taking place in the shop next door.

However, they will still treat this as a hostage report until they establish what had actually happened yesterday.