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Second shooting in two days reported in Freeport mining area, Papua
Ronald Sajensolar, a driver of a patrol car, sustained injuries to his cheek and shoulders from shards of a broken window, after the car he was traveling in was shot by unknown assailants at Mile 60 in the mining area of PT Freeport Indonesia in Papua on Monday.
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A heavy vehicle passes gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia’s (PTFI) mining areas in Grasberg, Tembagapura, Mimika, Papua. (thejakartapost.com/Nethy Dharma Somba)
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onald Sajensolar, a driver of a patrol car, sustained injuries to his cheek and shoulders from shards of a broken window, after the car he was traveling in was shot at by unknown assailants at Mile 60 in the mining area of PT Freeport Indonesia in Papua on Monday.
It was the second shooting incident in the area in two days.
On Sunday, a water tanker truck and patrol vehicle reportedly belonging to Freeport were shot at by unknown assailants while traveling to Mile 61 in the mining area.
''Ronald is receiving medical treatment at Tembagapura Hospital at Mile 68,'' Papua Police spokesman Sr. Comr. AM Kamal said in Jayapura on Monday.
The shooting occurred when Ronald’s car was traveling with 30 other vehicles carrying mining workers from Timika to Tembagapura. The gun shots were heard from the left side of the road.
Following the incident, 20 of the vehicles could not immediately continue their journey to Tembagapura.
Kamal said the police had been investigating the case and looking for the perpetrators.
Freeport Indonesia spokesman, when asked about the incident via test message, only replied, “we are still looking for confirmation [over the incident].”
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He added all scheduled journeys for employees between Timika and Tembagapura had been postponed until further notice.
Mimika Legislative Council Speaker Eltinus Mom said he was concerned over the two shootings in the area, while none of the perpetrators had been arrested.
“The shootings are acts of terror that worry people,” Eltinus said in Timika. (bbs)
