The team presented its findings to the Office of the Coordinating Political, Legal and Human Rights Minister on Wednesday, and Coordinating Minister Mahfud MD disclosed several key points from the 14-day investigation.

“Regarding the killing of pastor Yeremia Zanambani on Sept. 19, the information and facts obtained by the team in the field indicate the alleged involvement of elements of security forces, even though there’s also a possibility that a third party was behind [the killing],” Mahfud said during a press conference on Wednesday.

Additionally, the team reported that an armed criminal group was allegedly behind the killings of two military officers and a civilian on Sept. 17.

Mahfud said the government would follow up on the findings and noted that he had instructed the National Police and Attorney General’s Office to pursue the cases in accordance with applicable criminal and state administrative laws.

The coordinating minister said he would also pass on the team’s findings to the National Police, the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the State Intelligence Agency for further investigation.

He recommended that the government equip vulnerable areas with better security to provide safety for locals.

National Police Commission (Kompolnas) head and fact-finding team chief Benny Mamoto said the team had found no witnesses of Yeremia’s murderer and that the team was open to all possibilities regarding who was behind the killings.

“There are findings from this fact-finding team that are very, very significant. From my perspective, it should not take [law enforcement] a long time to start investigating them,” Benny said during the conference.

The team concluded its field investigation last week after examining crime scenes and questioning about 42 witnesses. During the fieldwork, two members of the team, Gadjah Mada University (UGM) lecturer Bambang Purwoko and TNI soldier First Sgt. Faisal Akbar, were injured after being shot at by members of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), a separatist group.

Previously, the Indonesian Communion of Churches, the Indonesian Evangelical Christian Church (GKII) and local media in Papua said Yeremia was shot by TNI personnel on his way to his pig pen on Sept. 19, at the same time a military operation was reportedly taking place.