Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – One person was killed and two were injured when a 10-car convoy traveling in a remote area of Papua's highlands was ambushed by armed attackers on Wednesday afternoon.

According to reports from police and a local resident, the attackers intercepted the convoy, which was carrying food from Wamena to Mulia, in Donggobak village.

Papua Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Pudjo Sulistyo said that three men were shot in the ambush. "From the temporary report we've received, three were shot. One of them died and the other two injured. Four cars were set on fire," Pudjo said.

The victims included Kallo, a 30-year old man from Makassar, who died after being shot in the head. Two others – Laksmana, 24, and Bahar, 40 – were injured in the shooting.

State-run Antara news agency reported that all of them have been taken to Mulia hospital. Laksmana and Bahar are in critical condition. "The armed group intercepted the cars carrying sembako [nine basic commodities]," Puncak Jaya Police commander Lieut. Col. Lukam Arif said.

Puncak Jaya is one of Papua's most remote regencies and has seen violent incidents in the past. The Free Papua Organization (OPM), which has fought a low-intensity guerrilla war against Indonesian security forces since the province was annexed by Indonesia in 1969, operates in Papua's highlands, including Puncak Jaya.

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