(UPDATE) JAKARTA — The body of a New Zealand helicopter pilot shot dead by rebels in eastern Indonesia's restive Papua region has been retrieved, the joint task force of police and soldiers leading the search said on Tuesday.
JAKARTA — The body of a New Zealand helicopter pilot shot dead by rebels in eastern Indonesia's restive Papua region has been retrieved, the joint task force of police and soldiers leading the search said on Tuesday.Glen Malcolm Conning, 50, a pilot for PT Intan Angkasa Air Service, was killed on Monday after landing in Papua with four Indonesian health workers and two children, all of whom survived.Police said the rebels released the survivors because they were Indonesian s.
The rebels had set fire to the helicopter, but the flames had not reached the pilot, he added.A New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman told Agence France-Presse earlier on Tuesday that it was aware of reports of the pilot's death and said its embassy in the Indonesian capital Jakarta was seeking further information from authorities.
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