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Pacific Update: Fatal shooting of Attorney General in Micronesia, and measles death rocks Samoa

By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific Correspondent
October 16, 2019

1 NEWS' Barbara Dreaver with the latest news from the Pacific. (Source: Other)

In this week’s Pacific Update, 1 NEWS' Barbara Dreaver looks at the fatal shooting of the young Attorney General in Federated States of Micronesia. 

Also covered is the death of a 14-month-old boy in Samoa, thought to be from measles.

We also look at missing children in Fiji, and the potential sequel to Disney’s Moana.

And, as always, the best from social media. 

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