APSN Banner

Papua police identify group in officer shooting death

Source
Jakarta Globe - November 1, 2011

Banjir Ambarita – The separatist group that claimed responsibility for the shooting death of a subdistrict police chief in Papua has been identified by authorities as "Kodap X," a group believed to consist of some 60 members.

"It is predicted that the group that is claiming responsibility for the shooting of the police chief consists of 60 persons," Puncak Jaya Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Alex Korwa said on Tuesday. "They own six assault rifles and two handguns."

Alex identified the group's full name as the Kodap X OPM West Papua National Freedom Military Organization. He added the group was affiliated with the well-known Free Papua Organization (OPM), which is headquartered in Tingginambut.

Alex said that three dozen officers were still tracking the killers of Adj. Comr. Dominggus Awes, who was attacked by two men and killed with his own gun at the Mulia airport in Puncak Jaya district on Oct. 24.

Calm had finally returned to Puncak Jaya in the wake of the shooting, Alex said, although security forces there were being kept in a state of high alert. "We're still being alert because they could attack anytime."

Country