Police are waiting for the PNG Defence Force internal investigations to identify more soldiers involved in the New Year rampage.
“There were more than five soldiers involved and we are waiting for PNGDF to identify these men and bring them in for questioning,” says NCD Metropolitan Superintendent Ben Turi.
He says the second group that was involved in the shootout will be dealt with as they have already identified five of them.
Already, one of the soldiers, Joe Mondo, was arrested and charged with being in possession of a pistol without a license, a charge under Section 27 (a) of the Firearms Act.
Mondo was in court yesterday for his hearing, where his charges were read to him.
He was alleged to have had in possession, during New Year’s Eve, an unlicensed pistol, when he was stopped by police during a roadblock and disarmed.
The incident led to the rampage at the Boroko Police Station, just minutes into the new year.