A woman was shot dead this afternoon, after hours of waiting to vote in the Moresby North-East electorate in the National Capital District. Reports received by this newsroom, indicate that people waited for hours until around midday when the ballot boxes were brought to Ward 9 of ATS Block Two. Voters waited since 8 o’clock this morning for ballot boxes to reach them and the crowd turned rowdy when ballot boxes eventually reached them and were brought to another location. NCD Metropolitan Gideon Ikumu addresses the community [photo by NBC] Shots were fired by police, resulting in the death. NCD Metropolitan Gideon Ikumu was there to address the community while polling came to a stop. He said “Mipla needim ol man husat i witnesim stret namba plate blong polis kar i kam insait. Em wanem kain kar? Description blong kar. Den polis bai stat bihainim nau.” “Givim nem so that polis bai save husat em witness stap na lukim stret wanem samting kamap. Bicos taim yupla olgeta go nambaut nau, em b