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PORT MORESBY - A notorious conman and leader of a private army has been shot and wounded and four of his bodyguards killed in a raid on their base in Bougainville.
Self-proclaimed king Noah Musingku was wounded in the neck when former combatants in Bougainville's bloody secessionist conflict attacked his Tonu base, Papua New Guinea's two national newspapers said.
The raiders, calling themselves the Bougainville Freedom Fighters, burnt down the camp, killed four bodyguards and wounded Musingku and three of five former Fijian soldiers hired to train his security force, the National reported. One BFF man was killed and two were wounded.
The raid reportedly arose from frustration at the inability of the Autonomous Bougainville Government to arrest Musingku and stop crime in the area.
- AAP
