Jakarta – Due to a misunderstanding, a group of people in Nabire regency, Papua, vandalized Topo police headquarters on Monday. Papua Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Wachyono confirmed about the incident but said no casualties were reported.

"It (the incident) was caused only by a misunderstanding between local people and the police," Wachyono said as quoted by the kompas news portal.

He explained that about 30 Ekari tribe members went to the police headquarters upon hearing one of their community was beaten to dead by the police.

They got increasingly angry as they did not believe the police's explanation that what they heard was untrue. Some of them later attacked the police office with stones and even beat police officers who tried to give them explanation.

However, the dispute did not take place for a long time as the tribe members could be ordered to disperse, Wachyono said, adding that additional police personnels had been sent from Nabire capital, which was located 100 kilometers away from the incident site, to help maintain security.