Any time a family man let alone an officer dies or is killed, it leaves a huge, empty void that's tough to fill. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends who known the slain policeman. Friday, October 08, Policeman shot dead in Port Moresby robbery. The shooting took place during the afternoon rush hour outside the Correctional Services headquarters at Hohola about 4.
Bystanders gathering around the vehicle to check on the policeman who was shot and could be seen lying across the two front seats.
Waim and another policeman were escorting a rubber company depositing cash and pay run from the Abau district when they were attacked in the city. Eyewitnesses said Waim and his colleague and others were in a utility vehicle driving slowly towards the busy Wards Drive from Islander Drive when their vehicle was intercepted by another utility vehicle near the Islander drain and the CS headquarters.
They said they saw the killers, armed with weapons, step out their vehicle, a silver-brown Toyota Hilux, and confronted the passengers in the intercepted utility. The impact of the bullets threw Waim back, flat on the seat in the vehicle.
The sound of gunshots drew a large crowd who tried to help before the other policeman, apparently unhurt, drove his wounded colleague to Port Moresby General Hospital. Another eyewitness said they also noticed the killers remove two weapons from the utility which the policemen were in before they fled the scene. Port Moresby police could not be contacted to confirm whether any money was stolen. Central police commander Chief Supt John Maru, who was at the Port Moresby General Hospital late yesterday to arrange for the release of the body, had called on companies seeking police escort to provide a separate vehicle from the vehicle carrying the money.
