Five members of a criminal gang responsible for hurling a grenade that killed two men in Goilala, PNG’s central province were ambushed and killed in a retaliatory attack in December, PNG Police say. Acting Provincal Police Commander of Central Province Senior Inspector Patterson Birigi said the five suspects were slain by angry relatives of the bomb victims, who went after and found them holed up in a remote village in Fane LLG. Members of the PNG Police in Goilala [Photo supplied] The gang led by a renowned criminal identified as Awa Pilot were responsible for various other crimes around the Tolokuma area until they met their fate, acting PPC Birigi said. He said since the closure of the Tolokuma mine in 2017, the neighbouring communities lived in fear because of the menace and terror imposed on them by the Pilot gang. The acting PPC said when reports of the bomb attack reached Port Moresby, a composite team comprised of Central Police, the SSD and CID personnel were deployed into T