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Indonesia searches for gunmen in eastern Papua province

Soldiers and police of Indonesia are tracing a group of gunmen which recently killed one police officer and kidnapped over 1,000 people in Indonesia’s eastern Papua province, said Tito Karnavian, Indonesian National Police Chief.
Indonesia searches for gunmen in eastern Papua province ảnh 1Soldiers and police of Indonesia are tracing a group of gunmen which recently killed one police officer and kidnapped over 1,000 people in Indonesia's eastern Papua province (Photo: Reuters)

Hanoi (VNA) – Soldiersand police of Indonesia are tracing a group of gunmen which recently killed onepolice officer and kidnapped over 1,000 people in Indonesia’s eastern Papuaprovince, said Tito Karnavian, Indonesian National Police Chief.

Speaking at the police headquartersin the capital city of Jakarta on November 9, Karnavian said the gunmenattacked many on-duty police officers at a subsidiary of the US mining firmFreeport McMorant in Tembagapura village of Papua province. They captured morethan 1,000 gold miners and kept them as “human shield”.

Meanwhile, Papua police chief BoyRafly Amar said the group has about 100 members.

Papua province is viewed as a fieldof action of the Free Papua Movement separatist group. Their attacks mainlytarget soldiers, police officers and workers of the Freeport McMorant, claimingdozens lives.-VNA

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