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Islands in focus: Three nabbed for killing reverend in Papua
Police arrested three men over the killing of Rev
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olice arrested three men over the killing of Rev. Fredi Lasamahu and resident Simon Lukete at the Organda housing complex in the Padang Bulan area, early Wednesday morning.
'They were arrested at an oil palm plantation in East Arso, some 80 kilometers from Jayapura. [The men arrested] were among the attackers who entered the housing complex,' Jayapura Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Jermian Rontini said.
Rontini said the men, identified only as JH, JH and JU, along with two other suspects, DH and EK, who were arrested earlier in Sentani, attacked the housing complex on June 8.
After the attackers left the complex, residents found Fredi and Simon dead. The attackers also destroyed 10 houses and set a motorcycle alight.
The suspects were reportedly angry after the residents of the housing complex increased security patrols as police had earlier arrested one of the suspects' friends for stealing.
