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PANGUNA IN FLAMES BY STAFF REPORTERS
A MAN was shot dead and millions of kina worth of property was gutted by fire and destroyed as violence erupted in Panguna, Bougainville yesterday. As Papua New Guineans prepare to celebrate 51 years of Independence, Bougainville
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Police Service confirmed that armed men entered the mine and torched heavy earthmoving trucks and equipment, worth millions of kina, owned by Lloyds Metals and Energy Limited (LMEL), the Indian company that is reopening the Panguna mine.
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Burning heavy haul trucks at Panguna’s B20 site at the mine. PICTURE: SUPPLIED.
HIRI HANENAMO QUEEN CROWNED
VIOLENCE ERUPTS! One dead,
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