Police identify Hanuabada shooter

The main murder weapon implicated in the Hanuabada shooting has been identified.

Police investigators have traced the weapon to be in the possession of an NCD-based Constable (named) who has since gone into hiding.

Investigators have also uncovered that the suspect used the weapon which he got on loan from a member of the Central Province police.

Assistant Police Commissioner Crimes, Victor Isouve informed  PNG Loop exclusively that a man hunt is now under way for the officer.

Isouve confirms that the constable when apprehended will be charged with two counts of wilful murder and two counts of grievous bodily harm.

The weapon was traced back to the bullet shells that were found near the site of the shooting.

Isouve says that in terms of evidence the investigators can now pinpoint confidently that the weapon on the alleged suspect is the one that fired the bullets that killed the two men and injured another.

Author: 
Julianna Waeda