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Troops search for armed group
The Army is continuing the hunt for the armed gang believed to be responsible for the fatal shooting of First Sgt
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he Army is continuing the hunt for the armed gang believed to be responsible for the fatal shooting of First Sgt. Rahman Hakim, a member of the Cendrawasih Military Command, on Friday.
'We lost one of our best soldiers in the shooting. We still have not identified the group as it [the shooting] happened very fast,' the military command spokesman Lt. Col. Rikas Hidayatullah told Antara on Saturday.
He said the military had increased patrols around the area of the shooting.
Rahman was shot dead by the unidentified group at a military post in Mulia district, Puncak Jaya regency, Papua at about 3 p.m.
The victim was buried with full military honors led by the military command chief of staff Brig. Gen. Hinsa Siburian at Kusuma Bangsa Heroes Cemetery in Jayapura on Saturday.
'First Sgt. Rahman was protecting Papua from armed groups. Hopefully, the loss will motivate us all to create a peaceful Papua,' Hinsa said.
