Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A joint group of soldiers and police officers shot Rudi Orerei, the alleged leader of an armed group in Papua's Yapen Island, during an attempted arrested at 10:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday morning, police said.

"The joint team of TNI [military] and Police had shot the commander of an armed criminal group, which is based in Angkaisera, on Yapen Island," Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian said. "He tried to fight with the officers."

Tito did not reveal the name of the alleged group, but said that it was responsible for a string of crimes across Indonesia's easternmost province, including extortion, attacks against police and forcing a pastor to eat dirt.

He said the group was not affiliated with the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM). "[Rudi] was a criminal," Tito said. "He once tortured a pastor, attacked a police post and also committed murders."

He did not provide more specific information. Police said that Rudi had 20 to 30 followers. In the raid that lead to his death, police confiscated a police issue firearm, magazines, an axe and a motorcycle.

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