Markus Makur, Timika – Dozens of police officers patrolled the streets of Yos Sudarso, Timika, Papua on Wednesday while relatives of a person shot to death by police during a riot last Sunday demanded an investigation into the officers' actions.

Piet Rafra, a relative of the victim, read a statement demanding the police investigate the actions of the officers who shot three people during the riot.

The three were Simon Fader who died in hospital from his injuries, and Remon Watubun and Kace Rahametan, who were being treated at hospital for bullet wounds.

Piet also said that his family would set up its own team to investigate the fatal shootings of the Kei tribe member.

The riot began when a pub brawl in Queen Bar broke out onto the streets early Sunday.

Simon, a resident of Kampung Kodok subdistrict, was hit by a bullet fired by riot police dispatched to the scene. He died from his injuries at a hospital in Makassar on Tuesday.

The shooting of Simon sparked a second spate of riots that damaged a police station and other public facilities Tuesday.

Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. FX Bagus Ekodanto said Simon had been struck by a bullet fragment and was the not the intended target of the police officers' fire.

"The police officers did not directly shoot Simon. He was hit by fragments," the police chief told reporters after visiting Remon and Kace at Mimika General Hospital on Wednesday.

Ekodanto said Remon and Kace were both shot in their legs with rubber bullets as police attempted to disperse the riot that had already burned down Mimika Baru police precinct with Molotov cocktails.

Armed with machetes and bows and arrows, the protesters also damaged a police post at Swadaya market as well as a number of traffic lights and other public facilities in Timika, he said.

He said the police had identified many of the rioters and warned strict action would be taken against them.

"So far, we have not yet declared any suspects in the riot. We are now calming people after the riot," he said, adding that the police would investigate the officers who shot the residents.

However, Ekodanto said it was standard procedure for riot police to shoot warning shots to disperse a riot. He said that the brawl had been reported by the press a day late because many of local journalists had been threatened against publicizing the incident.

Ekodanto visited the victim's house in Yos Sudarso on Wednesday. Two platoons of mobile brigade officers were on guard outside of the house.