Papua New Guinea army chief seized in mutiny

A military faction in Papua New Guinea that backs a former prime minister has staged an apparently bloodless mutiny and installed a new military leader in the South Pacific's most populous island nation.

Rebel troops raided the headquarters of the defence forces in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea's capital, in the early hours of Thursday.

They put Brigadier-General Francis Agwi, the head of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, under house arrest and replaced him with a new commander.

Read more: Al Jazeera

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