Article 6537B More than 30 dead in tribal fighting on Papua New Guinea’s ‘island of love’

More than 30 dead in tribal fighting on Papua New Guinea’s ‘island of love’

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Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
from World news | The Guardian on (#6537B)

Another 15 people are missing after tensions between two groups boiled over into violence

Tribal warfare on Kiriwina Island in Papua New Guinea's east has left 32 people dead and 15 others missing, with fighting continuing.

The fighting erupted on Monday between the Kulumata and Kuboma people on the island, which is in Milne Bay province.

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