By PEARSON KOLO
THE Western Highlands Provincial Police Commander has issued a strong warning to teenage girls in the province to take extra precaution while moving around in Mt Hagen city or the main market areas.
PPC Superintendent Kagilo Ambane issued this warning recently while releasing the data for crimes committed in Mt Hagen alone last week which showed an astonishing sexual penetration cases of teenage girls.
From the 20 major crimes reported in the province last week alone, unlawful sexual penetration and rape cases topped the record where many of the victims are teenage girls while murder and other crimes were second on the list.
Mr Ambane said many young women were falling prey to opportunists and rapists who were forcefully holding up vulnerable and girls who were alone and are forcefully sexually assaulting them or raping them.
“These rape cases are becoming more often around the main markets in Mt Hagen and the streets of the city itself,” PPC Ambane said.
“Groups of men are going around prying on teenage girls who are alone or who look vulnerable.” Supt Ambane urged that families with teenage girls look after them well.
THE Western Highlands Provincial Police Commander has issued a strong warning to teenage girls in the province to take extra precaution while moving around in Mt Hagen city or the main market areas.
PPC Superintendent Kagilo Ambane issued this warning recently while releasing the data for crimes committed in Mt Hagen alone last week which showed an astonishing sexual penetration cases of teenage girls.
From the 20 major crimes reported in the province last week alone, unlawful sexual penetration and rape cases topped the record where many of the victims are teenage girls while murder and other crimes were second on the list.
Mr Ambane said many young women were falling prey to opportunists and rapists who were forcefully holding up vulnerable and girls who were alone and are forcefully sexually assaulting them or raping them.
“These rape cases are becoming more often around the main markets in Mt Hagen and the streets of the city itself,” PPC Ambane said.
“Groups of men are going around prying on teenage girls who are alone or who look vulnerable.” Supt Ambane urged that families with teenage girls look after them well.
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