An armed separatist group in Indonesia's Papua province has demanded negotiations with New Zealand's government for the release of a pilot who was abducted.
Indonesian police and military have launched a joint mission to rescue a New Zealander who was seized by rebels in Indonesia's Papua region on Tuesday, media reports say.
A rescue operation has been launched to free Kiwi pilot Philip Merthens, who was taken hostage by separatist fighters Papua.
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Separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region have taken a New Zealand pilot hostage after setting a small commercial plane alight when it landed in a remote highland area on Tuesday, a pro-independence group said in a statement.
Separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region have taken a New Zealand pilot hostage after setting a small commercial plane alight when it landed in a remote highland area on Tuesday, a pro-independence group said in a statement. A police spokesperson in Papua province, Ignatius Benny Adi Prabowo, said authorities were investigating the incident, with police and military