Police vehicles were damaged, the provincial police commander’s (PPC) house was ransacked then set alight while the provincial Electoral Commission office was looted.
The incident arose from the shooting death of a young man by a police officer on Thursday night.
Provincial police commander, Michael Pake, told Loop PNG that a response unit from the nation’s capital, temporarily based at his house, was involved in the incident.
“They were asleep when they heard noises outside so they came out to investigate,” the PPC says.
