Jakarta – Papua's Puncak Jaya regency was again the scene of a shooting on Wednesday, with two police officers shot dead by an unidentified armed group.

The two were attacked as they were moving chairs and tarpaulin at a GKII church event, Papua Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Sulistyo Pudjo Hartono said in Jayapura on Wednesday.

"The two victims have been identified as Adj. Insp. Thomson Siahaan and Brig. Everson. Everson was shot in the temple, Thomson in the legs and chest," Sulistyo said as quoted by kompas.com.

He added that the two bodies had been taken to a nearby community health center (Puskesmas) in Ilaga and would be flown to Jayapura on Thursday.

The police are investigating the case. "The AK rifles used in the attack were taken away by the perpetrators," Sulistyo revealed. (hhr)

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/12/03/two-policemen-shot-dead-papua.html