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Islands in focus: TNI members escape armed group
Two Indonesian Military (TNI) members managed to escape after being abducted by an armed civilian group led by Demianus Magai on Wednesday in Papua
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wo Indonesian Military (TNI) members managed to escape after being abducted by an armed civilian group led by Demianus Magai on Wednesday in Papua.
'The two of them escaped by leaping from a speedboat into the river and hiding in the swamp, where they were found by trackers,' said Cenderawasih Military Commander Maj. Gen. Fransen G. Siahaan in Jayapura, Papua, on Wednesday.
Both TNI soldiers, identified as Second Sgt. Lerry from the Komopa District Military Command and Pvt. Sholeh from the Komopa Raiders Unit, were both in civilian clothes, unarmed and on their way to Enrotali to buy supplies on a speedboat.
They were together on the speedboat with a teacher named Elda Sanadi when the incident took place around Eduda village, East Paniai district.
Elda was also abducted but released in Darauto village, East Paniai district, on Tuesday evening.
Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Yotje Mende said that although no casualties had been reported in the incident, the TNI would pursue the perpetrators for disrupting public order.
