Police shoot out

Acting Assistant Commissioner Highlands West John Kale said one of the Mobile Squad members based in the Hela is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Tari Hospital, whilst the other two have been discharged after receiving medical treatment for gunshot wounds.

Mr Kale said the shoot-out happened when police personnel raided a village in search of suspects who gunned down a man from Kikita One Village in Tari Urban. The incident happened on Monday 28th of March, 2022 between 4-5pm at Yaluba, within the vicinity of the Tari Township.

The road was blocked at the main intersection of the Baruni-Tatana road, the freeway connecting Gerehu road past Redsea Greenhills Lodge and the highway road leading to Edai town.

The roadblock was in protest of two locals that were allegedly shot by six police officers last night.

Eyewitness, Guy Arua said the incident occurred between 9-10pm last night.

NCD Metropolitan Superintendent, Gideon Ikumu met with the villages at around 10am where he assured the villagers of an immediate investigation into the incident.

NCD Metropolitan Superintendent, Ben Turi said police investigators will still find out who the responsible officer was, that fired the shot.

Turi said the man’s post mortem will be done today and results will be given to the investigators to have a look at whether the wound was from a bullet shot or a knife cut.

“The port mortem will determine his cause of death and investigators will also be checking the weapons allegedly involved.”