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Eleven people have been killed in two days of brutal fighting between tribes in the Kompiam area of Enga Province in Papua New Guinea.
Two men were killed in attacks on Monday and nine more were killed in retaliatory attacks early on Tuesday.
During the retaliation, tribesmen kidnapped 11 children.
Police and soldiers later rescued the children from their captors.
Police say the cause of the violence is still unknown.
The provincial Police Commander, George Kakas, has appealed to social media users not to speculate and spread unconfirmed rumours.
"We have social media commentators who are drawing conclusions and naming tribes who are not involved. That makes our job difficult because we have to deal with with the misinformation," he said
The first two men killed were buried on the same day.
Police retrieved the bodies of the other nine and took them to the hospital morgue.
