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PNG newspaper attack linked to Keke
Armed men claiming to be supporters of Solomon Islands warlord Harold Keke have attacked a newspaper office in neighbouring Papua New Guinea, according to a local newspaper. The PNG Post-Courier said four armed men attacked its bureau in Buka, Bougainville, yesterday. Bougainville is part of PNG and just across the border from the Solomon Islands, scene of a four-year civil war. Mr Keke, who last week admitted six missionary hostages were dead, operates on the Weathercoast of Guadalcanal but has family ties with Bougainville. Post-Courier editor Oseah Philemon said four men armed with commando knives and a pump-action shotgun forced their way into the Post-Courier's office in central Buka. He says they told chief correspondent Gorethy Kenneth to stop reporting on Mr Keke's men being present in Buka. Last Friday the Post-Courier reported that Mr Keke was planning to escape the Australian-led intervention force in the Solomons through Bougainville.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-08-11 |
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