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Shoot out in Lae One dead Two injured Robbery foiled Three held ONE man was killed, two others hospitalised and another three are in police custody following a gun battle in the Morobe capital city of Lae yesterday.

Police assisting the man into an ambulance for the hospital. — Nationalpics by DAMIEN MELOKO Enlarge image
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