SEVEN police officers in Popondetta, Northern, are being questioned over the alleged shooting of a university student who they claimed is a suspect in an armed robbery. Internal Investigation Unit director Chief Superintendent Emil Alpha said the seven officers were identified by eye witnesses to the shooting. It is alleged that on Jan 16, the seven were in civilian attire and walking through a track in the Niugini Compound where they came across the student. The student realising that they were police officers knelt on the ground and lifted his hands in a gesture of surrender, Alpha said. It is alleged that the officers ordered him to remove his cap and when he did, one of them shot him on the right thigh. Alpha said that for several hours, the student was driven around Popondetta town while his family, who had been told of the shooting, waited for him at the Popondetta General Hospital. “The family managed to get through to the police station commander who called the unit and ordered them to take the student to hospital,” Alpha said.
“They put the victim in a trolley, pushed him to near the theatre and left him there. “Then they left in the police vehicle.” Statements from the family and witnesses have been collected. “The officers (have been) identified,” Alpha said. The National / PNG Education News Next : UPNG School Of Medicine To Become Standalone Medical University Comments are closed.
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