Rugby man’s death caused by heart attack

 FORMER rugby league personality, the late Peter Barnanga, died of a heart-attack, police said yesterday.

Lae Metro Commander Iven Lakatani said the cause of his death was revealed on Tuesday following a post-mortem examination. 

Barnanga, from Bundi, Madang and a former rugby league player, died in his vehicle outside the Waratahs’ Club premises in Lae, two weeks ago.

Police had initially treated his death as suspicious.

A senior public servant in Morobe died in a similar fashion earlier this year, raising suspicions that their deaths may be linked.

“He died of heart attack,” Lakatani said.