Papua New Guinea's Ombudsman Commission says it will investigate the police shooting of protesting students in Port Moresby last week. In a statement, the independent commission said it wants to investigate whether police officers broke the law or committed misconduct. On Wednesday, police injured as many as 23 students from the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby after they tried to march to parliament in a show of support for a planned vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Peter O'Neill. The students had been boycotting classes since early May to protest Mr O'Neill's refusal to stand down to face allegations of corruption that have plagued his office for years. After the shootings, Mr O'Neill, the police commissioner Gary Baki, and the university's vice chancellor sought to deflect the blame onto the students, who they said aggravated the incident through their actions. RNZI/PNGfacts
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