A young man, an alleged murder suspect, would have been brutally killed at the hands of an angry mob of people on New Year’s Eve in Port Moresby city, had it not been for a police roadblock that saved his life. Whilst everyone else spent the rest of the night in the comfort of their own homes and with family, the young man who was alleged to be involved in a murder incident the previous day, ran into the arms of the police at a roadblock at Badili last night in an attempt to save his own neck. Badili police informed PNG HAUSBUNG that the man, believed to be of a mixed parentage of Goilala and Kairuku districts of Central province, ran to the police checkpoint after being chased by more than 20 armed men. According to police, on the 30th of December 2023 following a heated argument with his neighbor at his residence in the surrounding areas of Badili, the man allegedly stabbed and mortally wounded the neighbor, who fought for his life at the Intensive Care Unit at the Port Moresby General Hospital but unfortunately succumbed to his injuries in the early hours of yesterday morning. Two other suspects were also arrested in relation to the killing and the main suspect had fled the scene. According to police, the suspect had taken refuge with friends living at the Gorobe settlement, but was tracked down by relatives of the victim and attacked. Fortunately for him, the Badili police had set up a roadblock at the roundabout leading to Koki and stepped in to save the man’s life when the officers noticed a huge crowd chasing after him. The officers then proceeded to disperse the crowd and helped the suspect to treat his wounds before being transported by the St. John Ambulance to the Port Moesby General Hospital for further treatment. The man suffered large lacerations on his back and shoulder area as a result of the chase. He is believed to be kept under watch by police as well.