Vanuatu man killed during land dispute

Vanuatu police are appealing for help after a man was killed during a land dispute in South Pentecost.

Another man is in hospital after the tension, and RNZ reports that women and children in the area had been moved to central Pentecost for their safety.

A police team was dispatched to South Pentecost earlier this week.

They were appealing to the community of Bunlap village on South Pentecost and other nearby villages not to take the law into their own hands and let the police deal with the situation.