Wednesday 28 August 2019

At least three dead in West Papua as protest turns violent

At least one Indonesian soldier and two civilians were killed on Wednesday in the restive Papua region

At least one Indonesian soldier and two civilians were killed on Wednesday in a violent protest in the country’s restive Papua region, police have said.

National police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo said a peaceful protest by 150 people against racism at the Deiyai district chief’s office turned violent when more than a thousand others tried to storm the building with arrows and machetes.

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