After the manhunt of the suspects involved in the alleged carjacking was pulled off Tuesday evening in Kimbe, two suspects were apprehended by West New Britain police and are now confined to the police station and undergoing questioning.
West New Britain Provincial Police Commander, Superintendent Peter Barkie said based on the evidence collected from the scene of the crime, the police are now trying to piece together everything to ascertain the motive behind the crime.
“So the crime that had occurred yesterday was not an actual carjacking as we had first thought.”
“Based on the evidence we’ve received from the Criminal Investigation Division, the vehicle was not carjacked, rather it was travelling at high speed out of town when they got into an accident along the Highway.”
When the police were called in to assess the situation, they discovered a body of an Able Computing Employee, presumably in his 30’s with stab wounds in the abdomen and chest with the murder weapon, indicating that he had been murdered prior to the accident.
Two suspects were killed in the gunfight that had ensued while two others were apprehended.
“This clearly indicates that he was murdered while the vehicle was travelling at high speed out of town.”
“Our team of investigators are now out on scene to gather more intel.”
There are many theories being formulated around the reason of the murder of the ACL employee and why the vehicle was stolen in the first place but the PPC says that they will have to sift through the evidence at hand first while gathering information from credible eyewitnesses.
The PPC has also advised the people of the township that the suspects that escaped the scene are still at large and people must exercise caution when out and about