1) 1 suspected Papuan separatist dead, 4 arrested
2) GUNFIGHT KILLS ONE IN PUNCAK JAYA
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/03/18/1-suspected-papuan-separatist-dead-4-arrested.html
1) 1 suspected Papuan separatist dead, 4 arrested
A joint police and Indonesian Military (TNI) patrol has killed a suspected separatist and arrested four others in Papua.
“The military and police encountered the illegally armed men in Kota Mulia, a regency of Puncak Jaya, on Saturday,” Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian said in Jayapura on Tuesday as quoted by Antaranews agency.
The military and police were on a joint patrol heading to Kota Mulia when the officers encountered the men, who then started shooting at the patrol, Tito said.
One of the men was wounded in the encounter and died en route to a local hospital, Tito explained, adding that two of four had also been injured but had received treatment at hospital.
Tito said the patrol found 29 bullets after searching the suspected separatists. (***)
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2) GUNFIGHT KILLS ONE IN PUNCAK JAYA
Jayapura, 17/3 (Jubi) – Indonesian security forces have arrested members of an armed civilian group during a gunfight that killed one person in Mulia district, Puncak Jaya Regency on Thursday (13/3).
Papua police chief Inspector General Tito Kanarvian told reporters in Jayapura on Monday (17/3) that gunmen fired shots at soldiers and police conducting a joint patrol in Mulia.
One attacker was killed and two others injured in the firefight.
“The other suspects were being detained at the Papua Police Headquarters for further questioning,” Tito said. (Jubi/Indrayadi TH)
via Jo Collins and Anne Noonan, Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
