Hundreds Leave Papua Villages in Separatist Standoff

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21 November 2017 06:34 WIB

Indonesian soldiers assist people who were evacuated from their villages, following a security operation against separatists, to disembark from a bus upon arrival at a temporary shelter in Timika, Papua province, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017. Hundreds more people have left villages that were at the center of the clashes with separatists, Indonesian police said Monday. AP Photo/Mujiono

21 November 2017 00:00 WIB

People arrive by bus after being evacuated from villages authorities said had been occupied by armed separatists, near the Grasberg copper mine operated by Freeport McMoRan Inc, in Timika, Mimika, Papua province, Indonesia November 20, 2017. It was the second evacuation from the region near the U.S.-owned Grasberg gold and copper mine in a week. Papua police chief Boy Rafli Amar said about 800 villagers were bused to the town of Timika and are being accommodated in a local hall. REUTERS/Muhammad Yamin

21 November 2017 00:00 WIB

Indonesian soldiers and aid workers assist a villager after she was evacuated from villages authorities said had been occupied by armed separatists, near the Grasberg copper mine operated by Freeport McMoRan Inc, in Timika, Mimika, Papua province, Indonesia November 20, 2017. Security forces appeared to gain the upper hand in the standoff with separatists on Friday and evacuated more than 340 people who were migrants from other regions. REUTERS/Muhammad Yamin

21 November 2017 00:00 WIB

Members of Indonesian Scout Movement carry children who were evacuated with their families from their villages following a security operation against separatists upon arrival at a temporary shelter in Timika, Papua province, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017. Hundreds more people have left villages that were at the center of the clashes with separatists, Indonesian police said Monday. AP Photo/Mujiono

21 November 2017 00:00 WIB

A man who was evacuated after a security operation against separatists in his village, steps out of a bus upon arrival at a temporary shelter in Timika, Papua province, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. Two people were killed in Friday's security operation. Indonesia's military said they were separatists while a spokesman for the National Liberation Army of West Papua said they were civilians. AP Photo/Albertus Vembrianto

21 November 2017 00:00 WIB

People who were evacuated after a security operation against separatists at their villages rest at a temporary shelter upon arrival in Timika, Papua province, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 77, 2017. Tensions in the region near the mine have escalated in the past several weeks. A series of attacks by suspected separatists have killed two policemen and injured more than half a dozen others. A low-level insurgency for independence has simmered in Papua since it was annexed by Indonesia in the early 1960s. AP Photo/Albertus Vembrianto

21 November 2017 00:00 WIB