Prime suspect in policeman’s murder on the run
MEDIA STATEMENT
Tuesday May 02, 2023
The prime suspect who used a bow and arrow to kill Senior Sergeant Ludwig Dondo on Monday, May 1, is still at large.
Dondo was struck with an arrow when he went to the ATS settlement with his colleagues from the NCD Dog Unit to arrest some suspects involved in smuggling cannabis.
ACP Wagambie said three other suspects were brought in by Central police after community leaders at ATS gathered them at 7am this morning.
Mr Wagambie is calling on the community at ATS to find and deliver the prime suspect to police. He said Sergeant Dondo was only performing his job like every other policeman and policewoman in the city, and he did not deserve to die in such cruel circumstances.
“I condemn those responsible for the death of my policeman and I am calling on the community at ATS to stand up together and find the prime suspect responsible for this heinous crime.
“You must give him to me, so he can face the law,” the Commander said today.
ACP Wagambie said the NCD Homicide unit is investigating the murder and they will question the three suspects who are now in police custody.
Meanwhile, late Senior Sergeant Dondo`s wife Miriam and her children were shocked when news of their father's death reached them.
Miriam, who is employed with the Department of Justice and Attorney General, said she was on lunch break when a policeman told her that her husband was shot with a spear and was taken to the Port Moresby General Hospital Emergency Ward. She rushed to the hospital only to be told that her husband had died.
Their daughter, Ludwina, also recalled speaking with her father before he left for work.
“My dad carried my son and asked if I had washed his school uniform. He loved his grandson so passionately,” Ludwina said amid tears of grief.
The Dondo family is in a state of shock, and still coming to terms with the reality of this tragic incident.
EARLIER REPORT:
Policeman killed by bow and arrow attack in Port Moresby.
MEDIA STATEMENT
Monday May 1st 2023
Senior Sergeant Ludwig Dondo, 54, from Talasia in the West New Britian Province, attached with the NCD Dog unit, died at 2.30pm today at the Port Moresby General Hospital, after he was shot with an arrow at the ATS settlement.
He leaves behind his wife and five children.
Senior Sergeant Dondo passed out from Bomana Police College in 1985 and worked with other sections within the Constabulary before transferring to the NCD Dog unit until his untimely death this afternoon.
NCD/Central Commander, Assistant Commissioner Anthony Wagambie Jr, condemned the killing and called on the public to help find the suspects and bring them over to the police.
He said late Senior Sergeant Dondo and his colleagues were responding to a report of drug smuggling and selling at the ATS block.
He said the police officer was wounded by a stray arrow while at the scene to apprehend the drug suspects.
The spear penetrated his left rib, and he was rushed to the Port Moresby General Hospital but died there.
ACP Wagambie said the Homicide unit is now investigating the case.
The body of the late policeman was taken to his house at Bomana today and later to the Funeral Home.
"I strongly condemn this barbaric killing, and I am now urging the residents of ATS settlement to surrender the suspects to police immediately,” ACP Wagambie said.
The Commander said NCD Metropolitan police will work around the clock to find and arrest the suspects involved in this ruthless murder.
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