Assistant Commissioner of Police for Northern Command, Peter Guinness, said police and the provincial administration hosted two separate meetings yesterday with the ethnic groups involved.
The ethnic clash at Nawaeb Block reportedly started early this week in relation to an armed holdup.
During the confrontation, ACP Guinness said both sides suffered a death each.
“An electrical engineer, from Simbu, was killed while a Southern Highlands Grade 12 student was also killed. Houses and vehicles were burnt as well.
