4-year-old dies in shoot out

A 4-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet and three men were shot dead in a shoot-out between police and an armed gang in Papua New Guinea.

Police were called after up to 12 armed after police stormed the house of a building firm manager in the mountain town of Mt Hagen.

Police said three gang members died in the shootout, and a boy was hit in the head by a stray bullet in a neighbouring house.