Madang police investigating death of reserve police who was beheaded

By DOROTHY MARK
MADANG police are investigating the beheading of a reserve police officer attached to its traffic department.
The officer, Roy Sisio, from Raicoast, was allegedly beheaded on Wednesday following an argument with some people over a land issue near Tapo outside Madang.
The actual cause of the killing is yet to be established.
In a separate incident in town on the same night, a 32-year-old man from East Sepik had an argument with a man, 24, from Jiwaka, and stabbed him to death with a knife.
A police brief sent to Madang police commander Chief Insp Ben Neneo and assistant commissioner northern command Peter Guinness said the suspect, from Parimbe in East Sepik, who lived at Wagol settlement allegedly met the deceased Eskay Timothy Taimerol, from Mange village in Nondugul, Jiwaka, and had an argument.
The report said Taimerol went to buy beer from John Buri and on his return he and one other person met the suspect on the way to where Taimerol lived.
“There he drew a kitchen knife and stabbed Taimerol,” the report said.
Taimerol was pronounced dead on arrival at Modilon hospital.
In retaliation Sepik students attending Jiwaka Teachers’ College were chased by locals, the report said.
College principal Muri Kale described the mob which chased the Sepik students as opportunists.
There were no casualties.