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2024.01.11 08:57 GMT+8

15 dead in Papua New Guinea during riots

Updated 2024.01.11 09:45 GMT+8
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People run with merchandise as crowds leave shops with looted goods amid a state of unrest in Port Moresby, January 10, 2024. /CFP

At least 15 people died in Papua New Guinea in rioting and unrest after a payroll dispute, Australia's ABC News reported on Thursday.

Eight people died in capital Port Moresby and another seven were killed in the country's second largest city Lae.

Videos of the unrest show warehouses engulfed in flames and large crowds of people engaging in looting and rioting.

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