Police at the Honiara Central Police Station are investigating an alleged wounding incident at the Mamanawata settlement in Central Honiara where a 28-year-old male was admitted at the National Referral Hospital on the night of 5 April 2018.
“My officers received the report and responded and as a result arrested two men both in their fifties, as suspects,” says Honiara City Provincial Crime Investigating Officer (PCIO), Inspector Jimson Robo.
PCIO Robo explains: “The victim sustained wounds on his hands and face and was assisted to the National Referral Hospital (NRH) by officers of the Central Response Unit while the suspects have been arrested and are in police custody. The victim has since been discharged from NRH.”
“Let me remind the Public that this kind of behaviour will not be tolerated by Police and I call on the people of the Mamanawata settlement, the immediate relatives of the victim and the suspects not to retaliate, or to resort to any other criminal act. The matter is now with the Police and I urge anyone with information on the incident to come forward to assist police with the investigation into this matter,” says Inspector Robo.
He adds: “I also want to thank my hard working officers for the timely response to the report. The Honiara Central Police Station can be contacted on phone 22999, Police Communications Centre phone 23666 or police toll free number 999.
– Police Media
