Rebels in Papua kill at least seven, say Indonesian cops

TPNPB says it had killed seven intelligence officers who were posing as gold miners.

JAKARTA: Armed rebels killed at least seven people at a gold mine in the remote highlands of Indonesia’s Papua this week, authorities in the area said on Wednesday.

A 90-minute shootout ensued between rebels and authorities as security forces evacuated 20 people from the area, Faizal said. Separatist rebels have for decades wages a low-level guerrilla war for independence in resource-rich Papua, with the frequency of deadly skirmishes increasingly in recent years as rebel groups have become more skilled at obtaining sophisticated weapons through raids and black-market trades.

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