Dozens killed in violence-plagued Papua New Guinea ambush

Illegal high-powered weapons worsening tribal conflict, says analyst

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This handout picture released by the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary on Feb. 19 shows officials patrolling near the town of Wabag, 600 kilometres northwest of the capital Port Moresby.  © AFP/Jiji

SHAUN TURTON, Nikkei Staff Writer

SYDNEY -- More than two dozen people were killed in an ambush in Papua New Guinea's highlands, Australian media reported, in the largest massacre in recent times linked to long-running tribal feuds in the country.

The killings occurred on the weekend in Enga province and come amid an intensifying tribal conflict in the highlands of the Pacific island nation that has been exacerbated by an influx of illegal weapons.

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