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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12951309/Papua-New-Guinea-declares-state-emergency-riots.html

At least 15 people were killed in the unrest in Port Moresby
and Lae, said Police Commissioner David Manning.

Port Moresby's largest hospital treated 25 people with gunshot
wounds, according to figures provided to AFP, as well as six
people with 'bush knife' lacerations.

Video footage showed looters in the capital running into stores
through smashed glass windows, stuffing stolen goods into
cardboard boxes, shopping trolleys and plastic buckets.

One man was seen lugging an entire chest freezer away on
his shoulders.

Buildings and cars were set alight, stirring up thick plumes
of black smoke that hung over the worst-hit parts of the city.

The US Embassy in Port Moresby said shots were fired near
its compound as police tried to 'disperse groups of looters'.

. . .

This started with a demonstration by local police over
mystery deductions from their paychecks.

The Mob however used it as an excuse to run wild.

The Usual followed ....

The behavior of mobs is almost stereotypical across
cultures and times. Clearly "hard-wired" in there
somewhere. Slightest excuse/opportunity and ....

I suggest "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness
of Crowds" by Charles Mackay (1841 - and STILL in print :

https://www.amazon.com/Extraordinary-Popular-Delusions-Madness-Crowds/dp/149036188X
)

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