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A rebel who fought against Indonesia's sovereignty along with the Goliath Tabuni-led armed group has surrendered to an army post in Kisor Village, Maybrat .
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West Papua Liberation Army fighters.
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The latest reported deadly violence in Papua occured in Seradala district of Yahukimo regency last Thursday.
Police have blamed the West Papua Liberation Army whose pro-independence guerilla fighters are labelled as terrorists by Jakarta.
A police spokesman told
RNZ Pacific that the four victims were civillian construction workers.
He said police and military forces (Polri and TNI) were in joint pursuit for the suspected killers.
It s the latest violent attack by the Liberation Army in its ongoing campaign against the Indonesian state in Papua s highlands region.
The Liberation Army s spokesman Sebby Sambom has warned civillians that their safety cannot be guaranteed in areas which it has declared as war zones.