A relative of a medical doctor is fighting for his life at the ICU at Port Moresby General Hospital after being allegedly shot by police officers.
Eye witnesses said that the shooting occurred at Boroko between 7-8 pm yesterday. The 17 year old boy was waiting with some friends to return home to Gerehu when confronted by police and shot in the head at about a range of 10 meters. His friends fled and reported the incident to the victim’s families.
Doctors on duty at the emergency department confirmed the incident, saying that the prognosis of the patient is very poor at the moment, because part of the skull had been chipped off, and the brains exposed. They confirmed that an urgent CT scan taken showed clear cut evidence of bullet wounds.
However, the policemen said that the boy sustained the injury during a street fight. They found him unconscious on the ground so they rushed him to the hospital.
The police officers were not available to comment on the scan findings. However, health workers at the Emergency Department said that the police officers hung around for a good while, and inquired a lot about the outcome of the patient, which was quite unusual for them.
The specifics of the confrontation with the police and the boy is yet to be determined, but it is understood that relative of the boy are planning to take the matter to court.
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Lets get out there on the streets like what is hepening in London. This police rutality will never end until we get the common people on the street.
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