Three alleged members of an armed group led by Puron Wenda were arrested in Jayapura, Papua, on Wednesday
Three alleged members of an armed group led by Puron Wenda were arrested in Jayapura, Papua, on Wednesday.
The three, identified as Rais Wenda, 27, Albert Jikwa, 29, and Fredi Kagoya, 15, were arrested while traveling on a minibus in the city.
Papua Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rudolf Patrige said the three were undergoing intensive interrogation in connection with their alleged involvement in recent assaults in Timika and Jayapura.
'The three are being grilled on their status as witnesses to the incidents,' he said.
The arrest of the three was conducted by the police following the arrest of two members of the armed group in Wamena on Saturday.
Patrige denied rumors that a soldier had been arrested for selling guns and ammunition to the armed group.
Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Fransen G. Siahaan, chief of the Cendrawasih Military Command overseeing Papua and West Papua, also denied the rumors and said only that the three members of the armed group had been arrested in a joint raid launched by the police and the military in the province. (***)
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