Armed holdup

Gerehu hospital will resume operations: CEO

The hospital was still closed today with many patients turned away at the gate.

A new notice issued by the Hospital CEO, Dr Steven Yennie, says all hospital operations will commence tomorrow.

While normal hospital operations will resume, Dr Yennie appealed to the public, especially at Gerehu, to assist police in bringing any information forward that will assist in apprehending the suspects that held up the hospital bus last week.

Hospital shuts doors after holdup

Patients seeking treatment at the hospital since Friday were turned away at the gate, with many condemning the actions of the criminals responsible for Thursday's holdup.

When this newsroom visited the hospital today, security guards could be seen manning the gate, keeping it locked with a padlock and only allowing entry for very critical patients.

Guards injured in armed Alotau holdup

An eyewitness who was stuck in the bank during the whole ordeal confirmed this with Loop PNG.

He said he saw everything from where he was standing in the bank.

During that time, he saw two suspects come out of a white 10-seater vehicle.

“The Alotau enterprises was trying to bank their money… I think they were trying to intercept that bank run,” said the eyewitness.

One armed man had a mask over his face and was holding a high-powered automatic weapon.

Well-dressed men in armed Gordon's holdup

A man was held up at his Gordon residence on Wednesday at around lunch time by a group of armed men.

Police report that at about 12:30pm, four armed unknown men, who were well dressed, entered the victim’s Henao Drive home and held him up.

The suspects walked away with the man’s bank cards, car keys, two mobile phones, work documents and cash consisting of K300, A$40 and US$1,000.

Reports state that the suspects escaped in a waiting vehicle; a Toyota Harrier station wagon, silver grey in colour bearing the registration number BED 975.