Papua New Guinea Ups Military's Power After Intertribal Fighting

People carry a body after an ambush in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, according to the Australian state broadcaster in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released on Feb. 19, 2024.

Papua New Guinea will give the military the power to arrest, Prime Minister James Marape said Monday, following at least 26 deaths in an intertribal ambush that occurred Sunday in remote Wapenamanda.