Blaze conflagrates 22 kiosks at Jayapura s Youtefa Market 7 hours ago
As many as 22 kiosks in the Youtefa Market of the Abupura neighborhood, Jayapura City, Papua Province, caught fire on April 14, 2021. ANTARA/HO-Jayapura City Police Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - Some 22 kiosks in Youtefa Market of the Abupura neighborhood, Jayapura City, Papua Province, caught fire on Wednesday morning, though no fatalities were reported in the blaze.
The blaze, which broke out in the market at 5:23 a.m. local time, destroyed the kiosks, thereby inflicting losses reaching several hundred million rupiah to the owners.
According to Jayapura Deputy Mayor Rustan Saru, the exact figure of material losses had yet to be calculated, while the city police continue to probe the cause of the fire.
Papua government seeks arrests of killers of two teachers 13th April 2021
Papua Deputy Governor Klemen Tinal (right) (ANTARA News Papua/Hendrina Dian Kandipi)
What they did is barbaric Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - The Papua provincial government has called on security personnel to trace and crack down on armed Papuan criminals, who had shot dead two teachers last week. What they did is barbaric, Papua Deputy Governor Klemen Tinal stated in Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, on Monday.
The deadly shootings conducted by the armed criminals in Julukoma Village, Beoga Sub-district, Puncak District, were not justifiable under any circumstances, Tinal emphasized.
Some 42 residents of Beoga Sub-district, Puncak District, Papua Province, have taken refuge in military and police posts and in the houses of locals over .
Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Mathius Fakhiri spoke of having instructed his personnel in Beoga Sub-district, Puncak District, to concentrate on protecting .