Killed at home

By DOROTHY MARK
A TEENAGER whose family was attacked by men armed with knives has told of how he saw his four-month-old brother lying on top of their dead mother inside the home.
Kenimai Kori, 16, who was hiding in nearby bush while her mother Melib and elder brother Greg were being attacked, said he could hear their screams but could not do anything to save them.
When the attackers left after being disturbed by his uncle Awakum, Kori said he rushed into the home to find his toddler brother covered in blood and lying on their dead mother’s chest. Greg’s body was lying nearby.
Kori did not know that his dad Kawas had been killed earlier near the village.
The incident happened at around 6pm on Monday at Sihan village in Ward Six of the Transgogol local level government of Madang. Madang police commander Ben Neneo confirmed the incident but is waiting to be briefed by the investigating officers.
He said there was serious law and order problem in the area.
Uncle Awakun said he and Kawas who worked as drivers with Ramu Nico at the Kurumbukari mine had just arrived home from work.
Their homes were far apart.
He said Kawas told him he was going to visit their father whose home was about 200 metres away.
He was killed while on his way there.
He later saw Kawas’ body in a sitting position in the middle of the Transgogol highway.
Awakun said he had earlier seen a group of men carrying bush knives walking past his house and heading to his brother’s home.
“Not long, I heard screams. But what can I do? I shouted and beat the drum in my house to scare the men,” he said.
Awakun said his two sons Russel Kori and Duban Kori who were with Kawas’ family at their home that evening were also attacked but managed to escape.
They are admitted at Madang’s Modion Hospital.
Awakun said the bodies of his brother Kawas, his wife Melib and their son Greg, were taken to the village around midnight.
He said Madang MP Bryan Kramer brought police into the village and took the three bodies to the Modilon Hospital morgue on Tuesday morning.
He said the family did not know the motive behind the attack.