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Police will gather more witness statements before pressing charges related to the cannibalism allegations, he said. Cannibalism was part of traditional culture in Papua New Guinea, where human flesh was known as "long pig," and survived in isolated pockets into the latter part of the 20th century while the country was under Australian colonial rule. Wagambie, 36, said he had never heard of a previous case of cannibalism in his lifetime. He expected police would make around 100 arrests over the weekend for cult-related crimes. Four of the seven victims were murdered last week, Wagambie said, adding that no remains had been recovered. "They're probably all eaten up," he said.
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