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Little Tich

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Tue Jun 7, 2016, 10:06 PM Jun 2016

PNG police shoot protesting university students dead in Port Moresby [View all]

Source: ABC News Australia

Four people were killed and seven injured when police shot at protesting university students in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby, the country's Parliament has been told.

The protesting students attempted to march from the University of Papua New Guinea to Parliament this morning, but police stopped them leaving the campus.

Warning: This story contains graphic images.

The students said police fired shots directly into the crowd when the students would not let them arrest the president of the student council.

Witnesses said officers then began attacking protesters, punching and kicking them.

Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-08/shooting-on-papua-new-guinea-university-campus/7489416



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This will be America Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #1
Austrailia's Kent state? christx30 Jun 2016 #2
Except not Australia, but Papua New Guinea. nt Gore1FL Jun 2016 #3
Tin Solders. N/T OneCrazyDiamond Jun 2016 #4
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