Islanders 'killed like pigs'

Thursday 28 April 1994 23:02 BST
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Villagers are being 'killed like pigs and buried like dogs' by militiamen on Bougainville Island, AP reports from Port Moresby. Militas backed by the army in the six-year was against the rebel forces were carrying out brutal murders as 'payback' against rebel killings, the Catholic Bishops Conference in Papua New Guinea said.

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