Jayapura, Papua – Ferianus Asso died in the wee hours of Sunday morning following intensive treatment at the Bhayangkara Authorities Healthcare Facility in Jayapura, Papua Province, given that August 20 for a gunshot injury.
Asso, the 29- year-old male, sustained a gunshot wound when law enforcement officer in Dekai, Yahukimo District, attempted to distribute a group of demonstrators on August 16.
On the day he was accidentally shot, Asso was admitted to a local health center in Dekai, the capital of Yahukimo District, but he was then transferred to the police hospital in Jayapura for more medical treatment.
Papua Police Chief Inspector General Mathius Fakhiri informed ANTARA on Sunday that he still awaited a comprehensive report on Asso from the head of the Papua Police’s Health Department.
In the aftermath of the unintentional shooting, the circumstance in Dekai and Yahukimo is fairly peaceful, he specified while advising his men to continue their regular patrols to instil a sense of security and security among the locals.
The rally, in which Asso and several other individuals took part, demanded that Viktor Yeimo from the National Committee of West Papua (KNPB) be released from the Kotaraja Mobile Brigade head offices’ custody.
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Asso’s coffin had been handed over to his family in Sentani, the capital of Jayapura District, for the funeral.
Papua has been reeling from armed violence over the previous few years. In April this year, two instructors were eliminated by armed Papuan terrorists.
The very first killing occurred on April 8, 2021, when a number of armed opponents opened fire at a kiosk in Julukoma Village, Beoga Sub-district, Puncak District.
The shooting led to the death of a Beoga public grade school instructor, Oktovianus Rayo.
After killing Rayo, the armed assaulters torched 3 class at the Beoga public secondary school.
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On April 9, 2021, armed separatist terrorists apparently shot another teacher, Yonatan Randen, on the chest.
A number of villagers tried to conserve the junior high school instructor and hurried him to the Beoga public health center, though he caught his injuries.
On April 11, 2021, armed terrorists apparently fired 9 classrooms at the Beoga public junior high.
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