Based upon the report we have actually gotten, the shooting involved an armed criminal group.
Jayapura, Papua – The cops validated on Saturday that an unidentified individual shot at 2 trainees in Puncak District, Papua Province, on Friday, resulting in the death of among them.
Chief of the Papua Provincial Cops Inspector General Paulus Waterpauw mentioned having advised the Puncak District Police to investigate the shooting case.
Waterpauw explained that the topographical condition of the scene of shooting in Sinak, Puncak District, would delay the arrival of the cops there.
The victims are students of a secondary school in Puncak District, he mentioned.
The cops had yet to establish the identity of the perpetrator given that their probe into the case is yet continuous, he mentioned.
Earlier, Chief of the Joint Regional Defense Command III Colonel I.G.N. Suriastawa reckoned that an armed criminal group lagged the shooting of two civilians in Sinak.
Among the victims, recognized as Amanus Murib, remains in an important condition, while the other victim, identified as Atanius Murib, passed away, he mentioned.
” Based on the report we have actually gotten, the shooting included an armed criminal group,” he mentioned.
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