Thousands of Papua New Guineans have marched on parliament in Port Moresby to protest against the violent weekend attack by soldiers on university students.
The march came after dozens of students were reportedly injured when more than 30 soldiers assaulted students and staff of the Medical and Health Sciences campus connected to Port Moresby General Hospital.
The protestors, many of whom were university students, presented a petition to the government demanding action in response to the attack.
Three soldiers are reported to have been arrested and police say they expect more arrests to be made in the coming days.
"The march also included a protest about controversial legislation passed yesterday [ WED ] on proposed constitutional amendments related to parliament."
The amendments proposed by Prime Minister Peter O'Neill would reduce the minimum number of parliamentary sitting days from 63 to 40, and force details of a planned vote of no confidence to be made public three months before any vote is held.
