- Authorities say that 30 people have been killed and many others were seriously injured in the worst trial fighting ever recorded on Kiriwina Island in Papua New Guinea’s Milne Bay Province.
- Few details are known about the massacre on Kiriwina, which ironically is known as the “island of love.”
- Kiriwina’s indigenous Trobrianders have a culture that encourages sexual acts at very young ages compared to Western standards. Villages have a special hut called “bukumatula” designated for teens and their lovers.
