Jakarta – A civil servant of the Cendrawasih Military Command XVII was shot to dead by an unknown assailant in the city of Jayapura, Papua, on Wednesday night.

The 30-year-old victim, Arwan, was on his way home from work at 9:30 p.m. local time (7:30 p.m. Jakarta time), when he was suddenly shot in the neck. He died while being rushed to Marthen Indey Hospital, said Cendrawasih Military Command XVII Information Division head Infantry Col. Ali Hamdan Bogra.

"Arwan was going home from his office and while he was passing by the mayoral office, someone suddenly shot him," he said on Wednesday night as quoted by tempo.co.

The Indonesian Military was working with police to trace the attacker and beef up security in the city, he added.

Bogra said he still did not know what kind of weapon the shooter had used, or what the motive was. "This is the second time a colleague has been shot," he said.

He suggested the same person could have also shot a military official and two civilians on Tuesday at 10:10 p.m. local time (8:10 p.m. Jakarta time).

An unidentified assailant also attacked a school student on Monday and a German national was shot on May 29, with the identity of the attacker also unknown. (png/mtq)