MALAITAN REBEL ATTACK KILLS 100, REPORTS PAPUA NEW GUINEA NEWSPAPER
MALAITAN REBEL ATTACK KILLS 100, REPORTS PAPUA NEW GUINEA NEWSPAPER Submitted by piradmin on Wed, 06/07/2000 - 00:00 PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (June 8, 2000 - The National/PINA Nius Online)---Rebel fighters used an Australian-supplied patrol boat to shell rivals, killing up to 100 people, as the Solomon Islands yesterday slid towards outright civil war. Guerrillas from the Malaita Eagle Force (MEF) fired rounds from the boat's 50 mm cannon onto shore, blowing up an unoccupied school. Between 50 and 100 members of the opposing Isatabu Freedom Movement (IFM) died in the attack, s...
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