Colin Monteath, 71, was stopped at a road block by six people armed with knives and axes. Photo: SuppliedAn eminent Kiwi photographer has been stabbed and hospitalised while fighting off criminals who set upon him and two others at a Papua New Guinea road block this week. The trio were stopped on their way by a road block set up by six people, now being hunted by police, the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier reported. He was rushed to Mt Hagen general hospital and discharged that same day, June 5. PNG police are now working with those same community leaders councillor Willie Wingti and Bakri Komp to find the six suspects in the attack.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 08, 2019 06:45 UTC