2) Armed civilians tortures, kills two in Papua’s Sugapa district
3) Suspected rebels kill soldier, civilian in Indonesia’s Papua
4) Papua SAR confirms evaluation pending of missing helicopter’s crew
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1) Coffin of fallen soldier flown to Makassar from Biak, Papua
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Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - The coffin of Chief Sergeant Sahlan, who was slain by an armed Papuan rebel group in Intan Jaya district of Papua province, was flown to Makassar, South Sulawesi province via Biak Numfor district on Friday.
A Garuda Indonesia aircraft departed with the coffin from Biak's Frans Kaisiepo International Airport at 2 p.m. local time on Friday, Commander of the Biak-based 173/Praja Vira Braja Military Resort Command, Brig.Gen. Iwan Setiawan, told ANTARA.
Chief Sergeant Sahlan was killed in an ambush laid by a notorious group of armed separatists on Thursday while he was returning to the Persiapan Hipadipa Military Subdistrict Command in Intan Jaya district with food supplies from the Sugapa area, he informed.
The attackers seized his gun and magazine, he added.
Sahlan was a member of the 1404 Pindrang Military District Command in South Sulawesi province, which has been assigned to back up the Village Supervisory Non-Commissioned Officers (Babinsa) of the Persiapan Hipadipa Military Subdistrict Command in Intan Jaya district.
Related news: Armed civilians tortures, kills two in Papua's Sugapa district
In a separate incident on Thursday, armed Papuan rebels tortured and killed a 49-year-old Ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver identified as Badawi.
On September 13 this year, armed separatists had shot at two other Ojek drivers in Sugapa area, but they managed to survive the attack. The two drivers are currently undergoing treatment in Timika, the capital of Mimika district, Setiawan added.
The security situation in Papua remains volatile owing to the province's vulnerability to acts of deadly violence by separatists and their backers.
In August, 2020, three civilians were assaulted and killed in Yahukimo district. One of the slain civilians was identified as Yausan.
Yausan, who had boarded a pickup truck loaded with batako bricks along with two other residents, was assaulted by a group of local residents armed with spears, machetes, and logs around 4.10 p.m. local time on August 26, 2020.
The 31-year-old was seated at the back of the open L-300 pickup truck to secure the loaded batako bricks, while a woman, who had purchased the bricks, and a man named Bayu sat in the car's cabin in front.
Two other civilians killed in August were identified as a member of Yahukimo District's General Elections Commission (KPU) Office and a carpenter.
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A Garuda Indonesia aircraft departed with the coffin from Biak's Frans Kaisiepo International Airport at 2 p.m. local time on Friday, Commander of the Biak-based 173/Praja Vira Braja Military Resort Command, Brig.Gen. Iwan Setiawan, told ANTARA.
Chief Sergeant Sahlan was killed in an ambush laid by a notorious group of armed separatists on Thursday while he was returning to the Persiapan Hipadipa Military Subdistrict Command in Intan Jaya district with food supplies from the Sugapa area, he informed.
The attackers seized his gun and magazine, he added.
Sahlan was a member of the 1404 Pindrang Military District Command in South Sulawesi province, which has been assigned to back up the Village Supervisory Non-Commissioned Officers (Babinsa) of the Persiapan Hipadipa Military Subdistrict Command in Intan Jaya district.
Related news: Armed civilians tortures, kills two in Papua's Sugapa district
In a separate incident on Thursday, armed Papuan rebels tortured and killed a 49-year-old Ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver identified as Badawi.
On September 13 this year, armed separatists had shot at two other Ojek drivers in Sugapa area, but they managed to survive the attack. The two drivers are currently undergoing treatment in Timika, the capital of Mimika district, Setiawan added.
The security situation in Papua remains volatile owing to the province's vulnerability to acts of deadly violence by separatists and their backers.
In August, 2020, three civilians were assaulted and killed in Yahukimo district. One of the slain civilians was identified as Yausan.
Yausan, who had boarded a pickup truck loaded with batako bricks along with two other residents, was assaulted by a group of local residents armed with spears, machetes, and logs around 4.10 p.m. local time on August 26, 2020.
The 31-year-old was seated at the back of the open L-300 pickup truck to secure the loaded batako bricks, while a woman, who had purchased the bricks, and a man named Bayu sat in the car's cabin in front.
Two other civilians killed in August were identified as a member of Yahukimo District's General Elections Commission (KPU) Office and a carpenter.
Related news: Papua police confirm wanted criminal arrested in Dekai, Yahukimo
Related news: Papua SAR confirms evaluation pending of missing helicopter's crew
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3) Suspected rebels kill soldier, civilian in Indonesia’s Papua
By Ghana News Agency - Sep 18, 202
Suspected separatist rebels killed a soldier and a civilian in Indonesia’s restive Papua province, the military said Friday.
Insurgents stabbed a motorcycle driver to death with a sickle on Thursday in Intan Jaya district, military spokesman Colonel Gusti Nyoman Suriastawa said.
Later in the day, the group opened fire on soldiers carrying supplies in the same district, killing one, Suriastawa said.
The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), the armed wing of the separatist movement, claimed responsibility for the ambush.
“Sargeant Sahlan was shot and stabbed after Indonesian soldiers withdrew,” spokesman Sebby Sambom said in a statement, referring to the slain soldier.
Sambom did not mention the killing of the motorcycle driver. Papua has been the scene of a low-level separatist insurgency since the 1960s.
Clashes between separatist rebels and government security forces have intensified after insurgents killed 31 workers who were building a road in Nduga district in December 2018.
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4) Papua SAR confirms evaluation pending of missing helicopter’s crew
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Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - A joint search and rescue (SAR) team located a Bell 212 helicopter flying at 4,700 meters above sea level in Paniai District, Papua, on Friday, though its three crew members had yet to be evacuated.
"SAR personnel are not yet able to evacuate the three crew members of the helicopter along with food supplies onboard," Head of the SAR Agency in Biak Gusti Anwar Mulyadi notified ANTARA that contacted him from Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, on Friday.
Mulyadi spoke of having visited Nabire District to lead an operation to rescue and evacuate the helicopter’s pilot Captain Endy Nawalaga, co-pilot Captain Erik Kurniawan, and a crew member, M. Aswar Jamal.
"We are currently preparing all necessary gear required for the evacuation mission. We are also awaiting the arrival of a helicopter to transport us to the rescue location," Mulyadi noted, adding that the SAR personnel, who conducted an aerial observation, spotted two crew members waving their hands.
The helicopter, owned by PT National Utility Helicopters (NUH), was piloted by Captain Endy Nawalaga. It took off from Nabire District to Baya Biru in Paniai District on Thursday (Sept 17) at 10:47 a.m. local time, but it reportedly lost contact at 1:30 p.m. local time.
On Thursday afternoon, a Smart Air aircraft attempted to trace the missing helicopter’s flight route, but it failed to locate it.
Mulyadi spoke of yet being unaware of the causes behind this air accident, though his team members would focus their search operation in Baya Biru's adjoining areas where overcast weather conditions prevailed on Friday morning.
On numerous occasions over the past few years, Papua Province has borne witness to air accidents.
On Sept 18, 2019, a Twin Otter aircraft, carrying State Logistics Agency's (Bulog's) rice packages, went missing en route from the Moses Kilangain Airport in Timika, Mimika District, to Ilaga, the capital city of Puncak District, Papua Province.
However, an intensive search operation, conducted for several days, resulted in the discovery of this Twin Otter aircraft.
On June 28, 2019, the Indonesian Army's MI-17 helicopter also went missing after taking off from Oksibil, Pegunungan Bintang District, Papua Province.
Factors, including erratic weather conditions and difficulties on the ground owing to inaccessibility to roads, hindered the search operation to locate the helicopter.
Consequently, search efforts were conducted through sweeping aerial operations.
The MI-17 helicopter, bearing registration number HA-5138 and carrying 12 passengers and crew members on board, had earlier flown to Okbibab to deliver logistics to soldiers serving in the area.
The wreckage from this helicopter crash was finally discovered on one of the slopes of Mandala's mountainous area in Oksop Sub-district, Pegunungan Bintang District, Papua Province, on Feb 10, 2020.
Related news: Paniai's SAR personnel successfully locate missing helicopter: police
Related news: Search operation ongoing to locate helicopter gone missing in Papua
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"SAR personnel are not yet able to evacuate the three crew members of the helicopter along with food supplies onboard," Head of the SAR Agency in Biak Gusti Anwar Mulyadi notified ANTARA that contacted him from Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, on Friday.
Mulyadi spoke of having visited Nabire District to lead an operation to rescue and evacuate the helicopter’s pilot Captain Endy Nawalaga, co-pilot Captain Erik Kurniawan, and a crew member, M. Aswar Jamal.
"We are currently preparing all necessary gear required for the evacuation mission. We are also awaiting the arrival of a helicopter to transport us to the rescue location," Mulyadi noted, adding that the SAR personnel, who conducted an aerial observation, spotted two crew members waving their hands.
The helicopter, owned by PT National Utility Helicopters (NUH), was piloted by Captain Endy Nawalaga. It took off from Nabire District to Baya Biru in Paniai District on Thursday (Sept 17) at 10:47 a.m. local time, but it reportedly lost contact at 1:30 p.m. local time.
On Thursday afternoon, a Smart Air aircraft attempted to trace the missing helicopter’s flight route, but it failed to locate it.
Mulyadi spoke of yet being unaware of the causes behind this air accident, though his team members would focus their search operation in Baya Biru's adjoining areas where overcast weather conditions prevailed on Friday morning.
On numerous occasions over the past few years, Papua Province has borne witness to air accidents.
On Sept 18, 2019, a Twin Otter aircraft, carrying State Logistics Agency's (Bulog's) rice packages, went missing en route from the Moses Kilangain Airport in Timika, Mimika District, to Ilaga, the capital city of Puncak District, Papua Province.
However, an intensive search operation, conducted for several days, resulted in the discovery of this Twin Otter aircraft.
On June 28, 2019, the Indonesian Army's MI-17 helicopter also went missing after taking off from Oksibil, Pegunungan Bintang District, Papua Province.
Factors, including erratic weather conditions and difficulties on the ground owing to inaccessibility to roads, hindered the search operation to locate the helicopter.
Consequently, search efforts were conducted through sweeping aerial operations.
The MI-17 helicopter, bearing registration number HA-5138 and carrying 12 passengers and crew members on board, had earlier flown to Okbibab to deliver logistics to soldiers serving in the area.
The wreckage from this helicopter crash was finally discovered on one of the slopes of Mandala's mountainous area in Oksop Sub-district, Pegunungan Bintang District, Papua Province, on Feb 10, 2020.
Related news: Paniai's SAR personnel successfully locate missing helicopter: police
Related news: Search operation ongoing to locate helicopter gone missing in Papua
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