Constable Chris Renata is recovering at a Honiara hospital after he was confronted by six men wielding machetes during a routine visit to a medical post.
The deputy special coordinator of RAMSI, Dr. Jonathan Austin, said the attackers appeared to be part of a hard core group pursued for crimes committed prior to the arrival of RAMSI five years ago.
Austin said a bigger effort is now being made to arrest them. “And we have early this morning sent down a large team,” he said. “The investigation will be led by Solomon Islands police, some of whom are from that area, know the language, know the villages, and they will be supported by a group of RAMSI police and also over 20 RAMSI military who have been deployed down there for security reasons.”
