Soldier, policeman injured in Papua shooting

TIMIKA: A soldier and a police officer were injured when a military vehicle was shot at by an unidentified man Wednesday at the mine site of US mining firm PT Freeport Indonesia in Papua, a military spokesman has said.

Cendrawasih Military Command spokesman, Lt. Col. Susilo said the incident took place at Mile 38, Kali Kopi post, Nayaro, Mimika at 11:45 a.m. local time.

He said one of the injured was Lt. Col. Viktor Deny.

In July, a shooting incident at an intersection between the town of Timika and Freeport's Grasberg mining site, killed an Australian employee, an Indonesian security guard and a policeman. - JP