At least 26 people killed by gang in remote Papua New Guinea

Performers in traditional dresses stand outside Parliament Haus in Port Moresby (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

At least 26 people were reportedly killed by a gang in three remote villages in Papua New Guinea’s north, United Nations and police officials said.

Acting provincial police commander in the island nation’s East Sepik province, James Baugen, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC): “It was a very terrible thing … when I approached the area, I saw that there were children, men, women. They were killed by a group of 30 young men.”