Tuesday, September 14, 2021

1) Public facilities and houses burned/armed clashes in Kiwirok Sub-district in Pegunungan Bintang



2) Lamek Tablo-led armed group held responsible for Kiwirok's terror acts 
3) Two Papua bank employees evacuated from Kiwirok over safety concerns 

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1) Public facilities and houses burned/armed clashes  in  Kiwirok Sub-district in Pegunungan Bintang 

Note. In the Antara News  articles , they report that Papuan separatist terrorists /armed group etc.  set ablaze to the  public facilities and houses in Kiwirok Sub-distric. 
However, the quotes are from the Indonesian military. 
A posting from the FWP Campaign FB page (below) blames the Indonesian security forces.
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22h 
BREAKING NEWS

Today is September 13.2021 in Oksibil West Papua.
The Indonesian military burned down the local facilities School and hospital to the ground which is so upsetting and horryifying.
This action is a crime and needs to be STOP so Indonesia go back home to Jakarta and leave West Papuan alone,
We Papuan want to live in PEACE in our own LAND and to have the education and healthcare that we need.
We need UN interventioni to act now!
#FreeWestPapua










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2) Lamek Tablo-led armed group held responsible for Kiwirok's terror acts 
 7 hours ago




Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - A military officer has accused the Lamek Tablo-led armed Papuan separatist terrorists of having set ablaze several public facilities and houses in Kiwirok Sub-district, Pegunungan Bintang District, Papua Province, on Monday morning.

Members of this notorious terrorist group are also involved in a gunfight with several Indonesian security personnel, Commanding Officer of the 1715 Yahukimo District Military Command Lt Col Christian Irreuw stated.

The fire-ravaged public facilities comprise a school building, bank office, and public health center, he told ANTARA during a telephonic interview from Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, on Monday afternoon.

Following the incidents, army and police personnel stationed in Kiwirok Sub-district secured many locals fleeing their homes in panic at the military and police compounds over security reasons, he noted.

In the gunfight, a soldier -- 2nd Private Ansar -- sustained a minor injury on his right arm owing to a ricochet or a projectile that struck off a surface, though his condition remains stable, he remarked.

Before launching their acts of terror in Kiwirok, the armed separatist terrorists had recently set some backhoes of state-owned construction company PT Wijaya Karya (WIKA) on fire.

According to Irreuw, they torched the backhoes, used for the Oksibil-Towe Hitam road construction project, as a knee-jerk reaction to the arrests of two of their friends, who attempted to smuggle five firearms into Papua from PNG on Sept 2.

Members of the Lamek Tablo-led armed Papuan separatist terrorist group might have headed to Batom Sub-district in Pegunungan Bintang District, he remarked.

"Hence, I have ordered all personnel, especially those responsible for securing the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea land border, to stay alert," he stated.

Kiwirok and Batom are among the sub-districts of Pegunungan Bintang District that are located near the Indonesia-PNG land border.

Papua has been reeling from armed violence over the past few years.

On August 22, 2021, the Tenius Gwijangge-led terrorist group launched a deadly attack on several construction workers of PT Indo Mulia Baru involved in erecting a bridge over Brazza River in Yahukimo.

Two workers, identified as Rionaldo Ratu Roma and Dedi Imam Pamungkas, died in the attack.

The attackers also set ablaze their bodies and a pick-up truck, according to Director of Papua Police's Criminal Investigation Unit Senior Commissioner Faisal Rahmadani.

Members of the terrorist group also attacked several personnel from the Indonesian Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) unit when they went to the site of the shooting to retrieve the bodies of the deceased workers, he had stated earlier.

Four Brimob personnel sustained minor injuries, he remarked, adding that several construction workers were evacuated to Dekai, the capital of Yahukimo District, for safety reasons.

Members of this Tenius Gwijangge-led terrorist group might have used six firearms, including two 5.56-millimeter caliber SS1-V1 rifles, according to Rahmadani.

The two assault rifles equipped with Trijicon, or optical sighting devices, may belong to the 423 Infantry Battalion (Airborne) of the Army's Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad), he noted.

"Due to the 'Trijicon', the shooters could maintain their precision," he remarked, adding that the four other firearms used by the Tenius Gwijangge-led group could not yet be identified.

Related news: Soldier injured in gun battle with Papuan terrorists
Related news: Silas Ki is mastermind of Kisor military post attack: police
Related news: West Papua: TNI, police continue crackdown over soldier deaths
  

Reporter: Evarukdijati, Rahmad Nasution
Editor: Sri Haryati


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3) Two Papua bank employees evacuated from Kiwirok over safety concerns  
6 hours ago

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - Two employees of the Papua Regional Development Bank (BPD Papua) have been evacuated from Kiwirok Sub-district in Pegunungan Bintang District to Sentani, the capital of Jayapura District, a bank official has said.

The workers left the sub-district on an AMA aircraft on Monday morning after the BPD Papua office was torched by several Papuan separatist terrorists, BPD Papua's operations director, Isak Wopari, stated.

Another employee happened to be in Oksibil, the capital of Pegunungan Bintang District, when several separatists torched public facilities, including BPD Papua, he informed.

The BPD Papua-Kiwirok office had been torched a few years ago by miscreants, but the Pegunungan Bintang District government had helped to get it rebuilt, he said. On Monday (September 13, 2021), fire again ravaged the bank office building, he noted.

Due to the incident, the BPD Papua office in Kiwirok has been closed until further notice because all remaining bank employees have been moved to Oksibil, Wopari added.

Meanwhile, Commanding Officer of the 1715 Yahukimo District Military Command, Lt.Col.Christian Irreuw, has held members of the Lamek Tablo-led armed group responsible for the acts of terror in Kiwirok.

The separatist terrorists not only torched several public facilities and houses in Kiwirok Sub-district, but were also involved in a gun fight with several Indonesian security personnel, he noted.

Before mounting acts of terror on Kiwirok, the separatist terrorists recently set some backhoes of state-owned construction company PT Wijaya Karya (WIKA) on fire, he added.

Irreuw said they torched the backhoes, used for the Oksibil-Towe Hitam road construction project, to avenge the arrests of two members who had tried to smuggle five firearms into Papua from PNG on September 2, 2021.

Members of the Lamek Tablo-led armed Papuan separatist terrorist group might have headed to Batom sub-district in Pegunungan Bintang District, Irreuw said.

"Therefore, I have ordered all personnel, especially those responsible for securing the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea land border to stay alert," he added.​​​​​​​

Kiwirok and Batom are among the sub-districts of Pegunungan Bintang District which are located near the Indonesia-PNG land border.

Related news: Lamek Tablo-led armed group held responsible for Kiwirok's terror acts
Related news: Soldier injured in gun battle with Papuan terrorists
Related news: Silas Ki is mastermind of Kisor military post attack: police


Reporter: Evarukdijati, Rahmad Nasution
Editor: Sri Haryati


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