The ongoing conflict between the Indonesian joint security forces and an armed separatist group has been heating up in the country’s easternmost province of Papua, causing casualties, reported Xinhua (pic)
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Five rebels, one officer killed in clash in Papua
INSURGENCY: Papua Police Chief Mathius Fakhiri said a military and police force killed five rebels in a battle with dozens of fighters with military-grade weapons
AP, JAYAPURA, Indonesia
An Indonesian police officer and five Papuan independence fighters were killed in an ongoing clash between security forces and a rebel group in restive Papua Province, authorities said yesterday.
The clashes began early this month in Indonesia’s Papua Province after rebels set fire to schools and shot to death two teachers in Puncak district’s Beoga village.
Police, military and intelligence forces joined together to find the attackers, who authorities believe belong to the West Papua Liberation Army, the military wing of the Free Papua Organization.