Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – After being ambushed in the District of Pirime on Friday, Indonesian army personnel managed to kill five Papua insurgents who were subsequently deemed to have been responsible for the recent deaths of two police officers.

"Five insurgents had been shot to death," Cendrawasih Military Command commander Maj. Gen. Christian Zebua said in Jayapura on Friday.

Cendrawasih Military Command spokesman Lt. Col. Rikjas Hidayatullah, who was also on the scene, said that on the army side a private by the name of First Pvt. Rois was shot and afterward hospitalized for treatment.

According to the army report, the military personnel were en route to Pirime District when they were suddenly ambushed by a group of insurgents led by Enden Wanimbo, the same group that was held responsible for the killing of two members of the police from the Pirime Police office, First Brig. Zulkifli and Second Brig Prayoga, on Monday.

Commenting on the recent shooting, Reverend Samuel K Waromi from the Papuan People's Council (MRP) condemned the action that claimed the lives of the two police officers. "We need to implement a different approach to avoid similar incidents from occurring in the future," he said. (dic)

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/08/01/five-insurgents-die-papua-ambush.html