Nurfika Osman & Christian Motte – The Puncak Jaya home of the Democratic Party's chairman in Papua was fired upon over the weekend, but it was unclear whether the attack was politically motivated.

Provincial police spokesman Adjutant Chief Comr. Nurhabri said on Sunday that three shots had been fired at the home of Lukas Enembe, who also serves as the Puncak Jaya district head. A security was the only person injured in the incident.

Nurhabri declined to comment on possible links to opponents of the Democratic Party's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is running for re-election in the July 8 poll.

"There were three shots fired at the house from a road at the back of the house," Nurhabri said. "The perpetrators are still at large, and we are still investigating the case."

Police said one shot had been directed at the house and two others at a security post on the property. The incident happened at about 8 p.m. on Saturday.

Nurhabri said one bullet struck a security guard on duty at the house in the hand, but that he had received medical care and was now recovering and in good condition. "Lukas [Enembe] and his family are safe," Nurhabri said.

He said that Enembe and his family had remained at the house after the incident.

Nurhabri said police suspected the perpetrators fled into the nearby Abea mountains. "We are deploying personnel from the National Police's Mobile Brigade to secure the house and its surrounding area," he said. "The situation is under control now and everything is fine."

A day earlier, a group of people who remain unidentified engaged in a skirmish with soldiers in Wandegobak village, in Papua's Wamena district.

Sgt. Edaus Enumbri was shot in the hand during the violence and is being treated in the intensive care unit of Mulia General Hospital. On April 15, six days after the national legislative elections, armed men attacked seven Mobile Brigade police personnel in the province, killing Brig. Musa Aninam.

The Free Papua Movement (OPM) has denied that it masterminded the attack. "[Police] are facing this kind of incident in Papua almost every day," Nurhabri said.