Goroka court house
BLOODY FRIDAY
TWO bloody
crimes rocked Eastern Highlands capital of Goroka last Friday.
In the
morning hours, a man from upper Highlands beheaded another man from Chimbu at the
Kakaruk Market, which is known as World Trade Centre.
The
deceased body was taken straight to the Goroka Provincial Hospital’s morgue.
The perpetrator is in hiding, police said.
In an
unrelated incident, another murder was attempted around 1:00pm along the
airport road in the town’s central business centre.
An alert
Arau Security Services guard, who manned the nearby properties, intervened and
prevented the perpetrators from finishing off their victim.
The guard
observed two men jump out of a 10-seater Land Cruiser armed with a metre long tramontina
bush knives and approached a tall man with long dreadlocks walking towards the
Goroka NBC Haus.
The tall
man ducked just in time to avoid the first man swinging his bush knife.
The second
man’s attempt caught the tall man on his shoulder as he regathered his balance and
the third attempt cut the tall man on the right side of his head.
The Arau
Security Service guards manning the Mendikwae’s properties at the departure
lounge intervened to stop further attempts.
The knife
men quickly retreated to their standby vehicle to get away.
Just then, the
Goroka-based Fox 3 Unit, which happened to drive out of the police station onto
the road, instinctively detected the incident and chased the getaway vehicle.
The getaway
vehicle sped off despite two warning shots for it to stop and surrender.
No more
shots were heard, understandably due to risk to the public in the town and the
Fox unit was right at the tail of the getaway vehicle.
Meanwhile,
another 10-seater Land Cruiser pulled in to rush the victim to the hospital.
The victim
was seen losing heavy blood when he was assisted onto the vehicle.
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