Banjir Ambarita – A police officer was fatally stabbed in an early morning home invasion in Yapen Serui Island, Papua, police said on Saturday.

Brig. Jerfi Sesa, of the Yapen Police, was stabbed in the chest by a group of assailants with alleged ties to the militant Ruddy Orarey separatist group, Papua Police spokesman Sr. Comr. I Gede Sumerta Jaya said.

Dozens of men stormed the officers home at 4:20 a.m. local time. The group assaulted Jerfi's in-laws and slapped his wife before killing the police officer.

They then used a gun stolen from his house to shoot at the home of another police officer before fleeing into the forest.

Yapen police have arrested one man allegedly behind the attacks. Yahya Bonai, 20, is currently being questioned by police. Jerfi's remains were sent to a hospital in Serui.

The Ruddy Orarey group has been implicated in several attacks in the region, including a March 13, 2013 attack targeting police. The organization allegedly has ties with the armed Free Papua Movement (OPM).