TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said the police and TNI are coordinating to pursue the group of armed men that have attacked a number of places in the province. Boy also said he had contacted local governments.
"I have met with the Regent of Nduga, the Governor of Papua, and the Cendrawasih Commander," Boy said on Thursday, July 12.
Boy denied assumptions that the police and the TNI failed to arrest the armed men who took over Angguru Village in Nduga last November.
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The group is suspected to be behind a number of attacks ahead of June's regional heads elections, including shooting at airplanes carrying Brimob officers in Timika.
On July 6, armed men shot at Brimob officers when they were securing Kenyam Airport, causing the death of two policemen and the district chief of Torere.
On Wednesday, July 11, another shooting happened, this time in Nduga, Papua. A group of men shot at a helicopter that was carrying food for security personnel.
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