Police in Papua New Guinea says their investigations into last week's attack on energy minister and Okapa MP Saki Soloma have found he was set upon by his own disgruntled supporters and not that of any rival candidate or party as earlier reported.
The incident took place last Friday at Okapa station in the Eastern Highlands.
Speaking to the national newspaper about the ordeal Mr Soloma said his convoy was heading down to the market area when they came across a huge crowd of his supporters. He said all was well until someone threw a bottle at one of the vehicles in his convoy and all hell broke loose.
The minister had to be extracted by security forces from the area and the angry mob torched the vehicles in his convoy.
Joining me is our PNG correspondent Scott Waide who has been speaking to local police. Tenkyu true wantok what more do we know about this incident?
A police landcruiser patrols the streets of the Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby. Photo: RNZ Pacific/ Koroi Hawkins
