At least 53 men were massacred in a major escalation of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea, Australian media reported Monday.
A tribe, their allies and mercenaries were on their way to attack a neighbouring tribe when they were ambushed Sunday in Enga province in the South Pacific nation's remote highlands, Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary Acting Superintendent George Kakas told Australian Broadcasting Corp.Police expected to find more dead bodies among the wounded who had escaped into the woods, he said. "These tribesmen have been killed all over the countryside, all over the bush," Kakas told ABC.
Papua New Guinea is a diverse, developing nation of 10 million people with 800 languages in a strategically important part of the South Pacific. Albanese said Australia was already providing "considerable support" for Papua New Guinea and was helping train the country's police officers. Four brands of eggs distributed from Saskatchewan are being recalled due to the possible contamination of salmonella, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency .Ontario Provincial Police are reminding the public to be cautious after a snow machine went through thin ice near the North Bay marina on Friday.
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