Jakarta – Papua Police have intensified security measures along a road connecting Timika and Papua following three shooting attacks on the road Wednesday.

Sr. Comr. Agus Rianto, spokesman for the Papua Police, told tempointeraktif.com that police had closed the road and launched investigation at the shooting sites.

"Starting today, we will be guarding mine workers as they move between sites," he said in a text message to the news portal.

Gunmen fired shots at a bus, which had been used to carry employees of PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) early Wednesday morning, while it traveled along the road leading to the Grasberg mine in Tembagapura, Timika, Papua.

The second attack occurred at around 9:35 a.m. Wednesday when a PTFI security car was passing along the same road.

Shots were also fired at two vehicles carrying a military-police joint team around noon. The team fired back at the attackers. No one was injured in all three incidents. (dre)