Islanders 'killed like pigs'
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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