Monday, June 22, 2009

Manam Island Girl Beheaded

A three year-old girl abducted and then beheaded in Madang. Tensions remain high between local Bogia people and thousands of Manam Islanders who settled there after a series of volcanic eruptions in 2004 and forced them to flee.

http://www.news.com.au:80/couriermail/story/0,23739,25672099-5012766,00.html

Here is a bit of background behind the tensions by ABC PNG correspondent Liam Fox.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/14/2570398.htm?site=news

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/07/2563874.htm?site=news

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