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Police, military hunt armed Papuan gang
The Indonesian Military (TNI) and Papua Police are jointly searching for an armed gang believed to be responsible for the shooting death of two members of the police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) at the mining site of PT Freeport Indonesia in Tembagapura, Timika, Papua, on Jan
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he Indonesian Military (TNI) and Papua Police are jointly searching for an armed gang believed to be responsible for the shooting death of two members of the police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) at the mining site of PT Freeport Indonesia in Tembagapura, Timika, Papua, on Jan. 1, 2015.
Deputy chief of the Timika Police, Comr. Wirasto Adi Nugroho, said in Timika on Thursday that a great number of police and military personnel had been deployed to hunt down the gang, which has several times disturbed security and public order in the regency. He also pledged to improve security.
Both the police and the local military have boosted security at the mine after receiving information that the gang would launch assaults on security personnel between the Grasberg mine and the Amapare seaport.
'The police and the military are prepared to face the Ayub Waker-led armed gang [...] the police leadership has ordered us to intensify patrol at the mining site,' he said as quoted by Antara news agency.
The police have arrested two people identified as MW and JW in connection with the incident, which in addition to the deaths of the two Brimob members, also claimed a company employee. (***)(+++)
