Six armed Papuan separatist terrorist groups actively operate: police 2 hours ago
Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Mathius D. Fakhiri. (ANTARA/Evarianus Supar)
Two splinter groups of the Lekagak Telenggen-led armed group are operating in Puncak District Timika, Papua (ANTARA) - Papua s police has mapped six armed Papuan separatist terrorist groups actively operating in the province s mountainous areas, as military and police personnel intensify law enforcement operations against them after a top agent s recent fatal shooting. The active armed groups operate in the sub-districts of Ilaga and Beoga in Puncak District; Sugapa Sub-district in Intan Jaya District; and Nduga District, Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Mathius Fakhiri stated in Timika, the capital of Mimika District, on Sunday.
West Papua police arrest resident with two protected hawksbill turtles 5 hours ago
A seized hawksbill turtle (Foto Antara Papua Barat/ Ernes Broning Kakisina) Sorong, W Papua (ANTARA) - West Papua Police s marine unit apprehended a local resident over possession of two endangered sea turtles that the suspect allegedly caught in the protected conservation areas of Suprau Tanjung Kausari in Sorong City.
One of the two hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) is alive, while the other one had died, Head of Law Enforcement Affairs at the West Papua Police s Marine Unit Commissioner Syarifur Rahman noted in a statement that ANTARA quoted here on Monday.
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.
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.
April 29, 2021
JAYAPURA, INDONESIA (AP) 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 easternmost Papua province after rebels set fire to several schools and shot to death two teachers in Beoga village in Puncak district.
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.
Papua Police Chief Mathius Fakhiri said a joint military and police force killed five of the Papuan fighters in a battle with dozens of rebels armed with military-grade weapons as well as axes and arrows in Makki village on Tuesday. He said a police officer was shot at his stomach and died while two others were injured.