Reports reaching police said the fight, during Christmas Eve, was between the Saiko and Atwara villagers of the Ward 2 council area of Garaina Local Level Government, Bulolo district, Morobe Province.
Provincial Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Augustine Wampe, said a man, a woman and her 2-year-old girl were allegedly murdered by the Atwara villagers. As a result, the Saiko villagers retaliated and murdered an Atwara man at Wau and wounded another back at Garaina.
Unfortunately, police could not attend to the matter as the area is inaccessible.
