Media Releases

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Harapa police station have arrested and charged a 33-year-old male person for attacking his 15-year-old nephew with a bush knife in Shortland islands last week.

Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Western Province, Superintendent Wilken Miriki says, “It is alleged that on the day of the incident, the suspect invited his nephew to his house.”

PPC Miriki says, “The victim walked into the house with no sense of being in danger. As he entered the house, he saw his uncle armed with a bush knife.”

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Malu’u police station have arrested and charged a male suspect in his 20s for the allegation of rape on 25 September 2024.

The suspect was arrested after he raped a 16-year-old girl at Kwailabesi area in North Malaita on 12 September 2024.

Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province, Chief Superintendent Tex Tafoa said, “The suspect was brought to Auki police station and dealt with.”

New Zealand Police under the Solomon Islands Police Support Program (SIPSP) alongside Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) Provincial Training Officer (PTO) returned to Makira Province to deliver Crime Prevention Strategy (CPS), Mindset and Family Violence training.

The training allowed the officers to enhance skills learnt from previous training and to apply practical crime prevention strategies to issues they face within their communities.

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in Buala have arrested a 49-year-old father for raping his own daughter in a village on Isabel province.

Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Isabel Province, Inspector Harry Vanosi said, “It was alleged the father have been raping his own daughter on different times and strongly warn her not tell anyone about what he did to her.”

PPC Vanosi said, “Because of fear the victim kept it secret till she got pregnant, and she admitted to her grandmother the actual story of what happened to her.”