WHAT was once a lively typical PNG settlement, filled with people, is now deserted.
The Sialum Compound settlement along the Boundary Rd in Lae, has felt the effect of two days of fierce fighting which started on Tuesday morning.
About 20 houses were torched and more than 17 people injured.
Guns, axes, bush knives, catapults, spears, clubs, metal and stones were used during the confrontation between one group of Highlanders and one group of Morobeans. The place is home to about 2000 residents of Lae city including school children and government and company employees.
