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Papuan shot dead for blocking road

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Jakarta Post - June 29, 2015

Jayapura – Manase Agapa, 22, a resident of Ugapuga village, East Kamu district, Dogiai regency, Papua, has been shot dead by an unidentified man while participating in a blockade of Jl. Nabire-Paniai.

Papua Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Patrige Renwarin confirmed on Saturday that Menase had been shot while blockading the road with his friends on Thursday.

"Menase and his friends blocked the roads and stopped cars passing toward Nabire," Patrige was quoted by Antara news agency as saying. Manase and his friends were reportedly asking for money from the passing cars.

One of the cars' drivers refused to give money and, instead, shot the man in the hand and torso. Police deployed officers to the crime scene where they found a projectile and a bullet. However, the identity of the gunman is still unknown.

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/06/29/islands-focus-papuan-shot-dead-blocking-road.html

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