Violent Papua New Guinea Attack Leaves 26 Dead, Including Babies

More than two dozen people have been killed, and women and girls have allegedly been raped in a violent attack in the northwest of Papua New Guinea over a land dispute. The United Nations has come out strongly condemning the brutal rape and killing of women and children in the Angoram district of East Sepik. “At least 26 people were reportedly slaughtered in an outburst of violence following an alleged land dispute in the Sepik River villages of Tamara, Tambari, and Agrumara,” the United Nations said. The U.N.’s resident coordinator Richard Howard described the incident as a profound violation of human rights and dignity....