The cycle of armed violence continues unabated, as workers in the Indonesian province of Papua became the recent targets on March 2, 2022.
This time, eight .
Reportedly, the chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces’ (TNI) information centre, Major General Achmad Riad said the TNI is ready to assist the National Police in arresting all members of armed separatist and terrorist groups operating in Papua province.
AWPA activist Joe Collins said: “These statements from the president and government officials have the potential to cause an escalation of violence in Papua leading to the security forces conducting military sweeps in the area. We all know what happens when the Indonesian military undertake security operations; houses get burnt, livestock gets killed, gardens destroyed and people literally flee into the jungle where they face starvation.”
Kamis 29 Apr 2021 23:49 WIB Red: Elba Damhuri Foto: ABRIAWAN ABHE/ANTARA
Indonesia established that Papua KKB a terrorist organization REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA The Indonesian government has officially designated the Papua Armed Criminal Group (KKB) and its affiliated organizations in Papua as a list of suspected terrorists and terrorist organizations. Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD said the Indonesian government had asked all security forces to take quick, decisive and measured action against these organizations. The government considers that organizations and certain people in Papua who commit massive violence are categorized as terrorists, Mahfud MD said in a press conference at his office, Central Jakarta, Thursday (29/4).
Five dead after joint military-police team raids armed criminals HQ 3 hours ago
Members of an armed criminal group led by Lekagak Teleggen in Papua. ANTARA/HO-Nemangkawi Task Force
Information was obtained that the five KKB members, shot dead by the Nemangkawi Task Force, belonged to the Lekagak Telenggen group Jakarta (ANTARA) - An Indonesian police mobile brigade officer and Lumawi armed criminal group’s (KKB’s) five members were killed after a joint military and police Nemangkawi Operation Task Force raided their headquarters in Olenski, Ilaga Puncak, Papua.
They were killed during shootouts that occurred on Monday (April 26) and Tuesday (April 27) at Makki Village, Senior Commissioner M. Iqbal Al Qudussy, spokesman of the Nemangkawi Task Force, stated here on late Tuesday.
Nine armed Papuan separatist terrorists killed in gunfight: police 2 hours ago
Wounded security personnel were evacuated. ANTARA/HO Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - The Nemangkawi Task Force declared on Wednesday that nine armed Papuan separatist terrorists were killed in a shootout erupting near their Olenski hideout in Makki Village, Ilaga Utara Sub-district, Puncak District, Papua Province, on Tuesday. According to the reports we received, nine members of the armed group got killed in the gunfight, Nemangkawi Task Force spokesperson Sen. Coms. Iqbal Al Qupdusy remarked.
The task force personnel had yet to identify the dead separatist terrorists but they belong to the Lekagak Telenggen armed group operating in the Ilaga area, he noted.