Jakarta – Unidentified men shot the wife of a human right activist before an immigration post nearby Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border at about 9 a.m. on Saturday, El Shinta radio reported.

The woman, identified as 33-year old Else Rumbiak, is the wife of Johannes Bonay, who is the director of Papua's human rights group Elsham. Another woman, identified as Mrs. Merauje, was also shot during the attack, said Elsham secretary Deny Yumaki.

Both women were undergoing a surgery at the army hospital in Jayapura. Bullets stuck Else's legs as well as Merauje's left leg and hands. "We have yet suspected anyone," Deny said.

One of Rumbiak's children, who witnessed the attack, is currently under protection of the army, Deny added.

The Papua military once threatened to sue Elsham following its report suspected military involvement in the August 31 ambush nearby a mining area of PT Freeport Indonesia in Timika.

Unidentified gunmen opened fire on buses near the US-owned Freeport gold and copper mine in Timika, killing two US teachers and an Indonesian as well as injuring 18 others.

Papua deputy police chief Brig. Gen. Raziman Tarigan has said that Kopassus special forces soldiers were suspected of having carried out the attack.