Madang Provincial police commander, Acting Superintendent Mazuc Rubiang said police officers who were at the scene identified the youths to be from Mero Dum and Mero Primary School.
Police say after consuming liquor the armed men went up to Sisiak two where the Assembly Of God (AOG) church was and held up the Nissan Ute that was travelling back from Madang town to return their villages along the Beon road.
Supt. Rubian said the villages in the vehicle were from Beon, Panim and Furan and were returning home when the armed criminals held them up.
