Indonesia police say Papuan separatist commander Lesman Waker killed in shootout
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Last Updated: May 14, 2021, 02:26 PM IST
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"The scene of the shooting was around the village of Wuloni, which is suspected of being one of the hiding places of the Lekagak Talenggeng terrorist group," police said in a statement late on Thursday.
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Security forces in Indonesia have killed a separatist commander in a shootout in the easternmost province of Papua, police said, amid a crackdown after the killing of a senior intelligence official.
The commander, Lesman Waker, was killed near one of his group's hideouts in the resource-rich province which has been roiled by separatist demands for decades.