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PNG attack survivors set up trust fund for injured porters PNG attack survivors set up trust fund for injured porters
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The survivors of a machete attack in Papua New Guinea have set up a trust fund for the local porters who were injured in the ambush.The survivors of a machete attack in Papua New Guinea have set up a trust fund for the local porters who were injured in the ambush.
On Tuesday guides Kuia Kerry and Matthew Lasong were hacked to death when they and eight Australians, one New Zealander and a group of porters were set upon by six men on the Black Cat trail in PNG's Morobe province.On Tuesday guides Kuia Kerry and Matthew Lasong were hacked to death when they and eight Australians, one New Zealander and a group of porters were set upon by six men on the Black Cat trail in PNG's Morobe province.
Mackay man Nick Bennett was injured when he was hit on the head with a gun.Mackay man Nick Bennett was injured when he was hit on the head with a gun.
On Sunday he told ABC radio all the trekkers had returned home and were coming to terms with the horrific experience.On Sunday he told ABC radio all the trekkers had returned home and were coming to terms with the horrific experience.
But he says while the trekkers are traumatised, their injuries are insignificant compared to what had happened to the porters, some of whom had limbs hacked off and would never walk again.But he says while the trekkers are traumatised, their injuries are insignificant compared to what had happened to the porters, some of whom had limbs hacked off and would never walk again.
"We've set up a trust fund and we're asking people ... just to provide a few dollars into an account that we've got set up to help them get the services that they need," he said."We've set up a trust fund and we're asking people ... just to provide a few dollars into an account that we've got set up to help them get the services that they need," he said.
"We've made a commitment to ensuring that we support those porters and their families who've absolutely been devastated by this."We've made a commitment to ensuring that we support those porters and their families who've absolutely been devastated by this.
"We really need help and we're appealing to people to be generous. Anything - a peso, a dollar, a pound - would be helpful right now for these guys.""We really need help and we're appealing to people to be generous. Anything - a peso, a dollar, a pound - would be helpful right now for these guys."
Mr Bennett says he and the others will live with the memory of what he described as some 30 minutes of "brutalised savagery".Mr Bennett says he and the others will live with the memory of what he described as some 30 minutes of "brutalised savagery".
But he described the incident as an anomaly.But he described the incident as an anomaly.
"It's not a normal thing," he said."It's not a normal thing," he said.
"There was no expectation this was going to happen."There was no expectation this was going to happen.
"The PNG people are generally gentle and caring ... they're hurting as much as we are.""The PNG people are generally gentle and caring ... they're hurting as much as we are."
Details of the Black Cat Porters Trust Fund are available on the ABC website.Details of the Black Cat Porters Trust Fund are available on the ABC website.
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