Jayapura, Papua – Papua Police Chief Insp.Gen.Mathius Fakhiri verified that additional workers of Nemangkawi Task Force, sent to Kiwirok Sub-district, Pegunungan Bintang District, would continue crackdown on armed Papuan terrorists.
The task force personnel who had actually shown up in Kiwirok would probe the current attack of members of the Lamek Tablo-led separatist terrorist group on innocent civilians, consisting of health care employees, Fakhiri said.
The support is focused on restoring peace and security in Kiwirok, he told ANTARA in Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, on Saturday.
To this end, the Nemangkawi Task Force personnel would be stationed there until the law and order, and peace in Kiwirok, about 230 kilometers far from Jayapura city, could have been brought back, he stated.
On the morning of September 13, 2021, several members of the Lamek Tablo-led separatist terrorist group had reportedly torched a number of public facilities, including a public health center, and houses in Kiwirok.
The separatist terrorists likewise got into a weapon fight with Indonesian security workers during which one army personnel sustained small injuries on his ideal arm after a bullet ricocheted struck him.
The wounded army workers has actually been determined as 1st Private Ansar from the 403/ WP Infantry Battalion.
The Papuan terrorists likewise supposedly assaulted and tortured several health workers from the Kiwirok Public Health Center. As an outcome, a health worker passed away while 4 others sustained severe injuries.
The fallen healthcare worker was determined as Gabriela Meilan. She passed away after being tortured by the terrorists, stated authorities.
On September 17, 2021, the injured soldier and nine healthcare workers who endured the terrorists’ brutality were evacuated from Kiwirok Sub-district in Pegunungan Bintang District to Jayapura City.
The health employees have been recognized as Lukas Luji, Marthinus Deni Setya, Siti Khotijah, Dr.Restu Pamanggi, Marselinus Ola Atanila, Patra, Emanuel Abi, Katrianti Tandila, and Kristina Sampe Tonapa.
The evacuees were carried on a Caracal transportation military helicopter to the capital of Papua Province to Marthen Indey Hospital for medical treatment.
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