JAKARTA: Armed rebels killed at least seven people at a gold mine in the remote highlands of Indonesia’s Papua this week, authorities in the area said...
Troops retrieving the body of a victim shot by armed rebels in Seradala district, Yahukimo Regency, Papua province. Indonesian police said on October 17 that armed rebels had gunned down seven civilians when they opened fire on a gold mine in the eastern region of Papua. AFPPIX
The incident occurred in the mountainous district of Yahukimo on Monday, with authorities still searching for more casualties, Faizal Ramadhani of the Papua police and military task force told Reuters. The West Papua National Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement, saying it had killed seven intelligence officers that were posing as gold miners. The group also reiterated its warning to all non-indigenous Papuans to leave the area.
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