MAN KILLED IN MT HAGEN CITY OVER MOBILE PHONE

A young man from Southern Highlands Province is dead and his attacker, also a Southern Highlander is fighting for his life at Mt Hagen Provincial Specialist Hospital, after a street fight in Mt Hagen City on Tuesday morning.

The incident happened in front of Mt Hagen Plaza, right at the heart of Mt Hagen City.

According to Mt Hagen police, the two men, fought over a mobile phone, resulting in both receiving knife wounds from each other, leaving one dead and the other hospitalized and in serious condition.

Western Highlands Provincial Police Commander Chief Superintendent John Sagom says police arrived at the scene to assist them to the hospital but the other died from severe loss of blood.

Investigations will proceed once the suspect in hospital recovers.

Eye witnesses and by standers are requested to assist police figure out what the two were arguing about.