The latest violence involved the same tribes responsible for clashes that killed 60 people in Enga province last year.
At least 26 people have been killed in tribal fighting in the northern highlands of Papua New Guinea. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) he said Monday, citing local police.
According to the Australian broadcaster, the men were killed in an ambush in Enga province.
A report from the local newspaper Post-messenger He said the violence took place on Sunday and was related to a battle between two tribes.
Police initially reported that at least 53 people had died, before revising their number to 26, police said. ABC saying. However, the death toll has not been verified.
“These tribesmen have been killed all over the countryside, all over the jungle,” George Kakas, a senior official in the country's police force, told reporters. ABC.
“The police and defense forces have had to do everything possible to quell the situation at their own risk.”
The Pacific nation is home to hundreds of tribes, many of which still live in inhospitable and remote terrain.
According ABCThe latest violence involved the same tribes responsible for clashes that killed 60 people in Enga province last year.
“The news that has come from Papua New Guinea is very disturbing,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a radio interview on Monday.
“We are providing considerable support, particularly for the training of police officers and for security in Papua New Guinea.”
