Police hunt OPM rebels after civil servants murdered in Papua Highlands
According to authorties, the incident occurred on Wednesday as a group of 11 employees from the Jayawijaya Agriculture Agency were returning to the regency capital of Wamena from Muliama district, some 20 kilometers away.
The Jakarta Post reports that police are investigating the murder of three civil servants in Papua Highlands, Indonesia. On Wednesday, a group of 11 employees from the Jayawijaya Agriculture Agency were returning to Wamena from Muliama district when they were shot by an armed group suspected to be members of the Free Papua Movement (OPM).
The victims, identified as Aprida Rapi, Willi Mbuik, and Alfonsius Albinus Mehan, died at the scene, with two women and a man. Police have recovered bullet casings, including 5.56 mm and 9 mm rounds, and are hunting suspected OPM members.
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