What the records say
- When
- 10 Jan 2024 – 19 Jan 2024
- Kind
- Riot
- Deaths
- 22
- Coordinates
- 9.47° S, 147.13° W
- Description
- 2024 riots in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
- Injured
- 41
2024 Papua New Guinean unrest
2024 riots in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
The 2024 Papua New Guinean unrest occurred on 10 January 2024 in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby, later spreading to Lae and other cities. The unrest began following protests by security officers due to a sudden reduction in their salaries and prime minister James Marape's tax deduction announcement which was later retracted. The riots saw arson, looting and various civil unrests.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Riots break out throughout Papua New Guinea after an alleged rounding error causes pay cuts for police officers and soldiers”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “巴布亚新几内亚首都莫尔兹比港的警察罢工抗议工资缩减，导致市内出现无人管理治安而造成的骚乱。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page