Prime Minister James Marape, has visited the Haus Krai of a third- year UOG student believed to be killed in a tribal attack in Eastern Highlands.

The deceased identified as Kapira from Telapo village, Hayapuka LLG in Tari Pori District was brutally slained in Goroka town on 25th August 2023.

Eastern Highlands Provincial Police Commander Superintendent, Michael Welly confirmed that the third year student was killed in Goroka allegedly by a group of men from Unggai-Bena district.

He was believed to have been returning to the University campus after visiting some relatives in Goroka Town, when he was killed in a tribal attack.

PM Marape expressed his deepest condolences to Kapira’s family and thanked village elders Tobby Payabe and Ronnie Kapira for urging family and relatives of the deceased from retaliating and allowing for police investigations to bring those responsible to face the full brunt of the law.

“There is no place for killers in our society and I applaud village elders like Payabe and Kapira for taking a strong stand against ethnic retaliation and letting the law take its course,” Marape said.

The Prime Minister’s visit to Kapira’s Haus Krai was accompanied by Koroba Kopiago MP William Bando and other dignitaries.

The body of late Kapira has been laid to rest in his Telapo village.

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