Armed robber shot dead

AN armed robber was killed by police on Friday afternoon after he and four other men robbed a shop at North Waigani, metres from the police station.
Police at the scene refused to speak to The National however details were later released through the office of NCD Met Supt Perou N’Dranou and the NCD/Central Command Facebook page.
Three other suspects managed to escape, however police who responded to the incident, say they managed to shoot one of the suspects before he disappeared at Morata No.2.
According to police, the five-man gang were in the process of robbing a Bangladeshi-owned shop when two police vehicles arrived at the Waigani police station.
One vehicle had gone to the Waigani market and the other, a Fox Unit (203) vehicle, was around the station when the first police vehicle made a call out of a robbery in progress.
The robbers arrived in a Hyundai Tucson, stormed into the shop at Waigani and were leaving the scene when they were pursued by police towards Morata.
The police and robbers exchanged gunfire as the getaway vehicle headed to the PNG Power substation at Morata No.2
One suspect was killed after being shot in the head, another was shot in the leg and captured while another suspect with a gunshot wound managed to escape with two others.
Police cordoned off the area and called a medical crew from St John Ambulance to take the injured man to the hospital.
Police are continuing their search for the three suspects that have escaped.