Reliable sources said that besides the four fatalities, seven others were wounded in the shooting and stabbing incident which occurred at 3.15 am East Indonesia Standard Time (WIT).
Of the seven injured victims, five were being treated intensively at Abepura Hospital and Bhayangkara Hospital.
Hospital sources said the fatalities were identified as First Private Don Keraf (TNI official), Sardi, Wisman and Titin.
Meanwhile, Siti Aminah, one of the victims, said the shooting and stabbing were very unexpected and sudden when they were traveling on a car.
After combing the crime scene Mobile Brigade and TNI officials, Jayapura resort police spokesman Adjunct Senior Commissioner Imam Setiawan said the shooting and stabbing were allegedly perpetrated by the outlawed TPN/OPM liberation army.
"I think the massacre committed by members of outlawed Free Papua Operation (OPM) movement because not far from the crime scene we found a Bintang Kejora flag," Setiawan said.
Shooting incidents had often occurred any time and anyplace in Papua.
In April this year security guards of mining company PT Freeport Indonesia in Timika were killed as their car dumped to a ravine following a rampage.
The incident followed the same one the previous day when gunmdn fired on a car, but the driver and a passenger survived.
The victims, Dani Masawan and Hari Siregar, were killed after their car had an accident and were burned on street.
Spokesman of PT Freeport Indonesia Ramdani Sirait confirmed the incident.
"In fact, based on initial reports by the police, there is an indication that the car token by the security guards was shot. There are bullet holes on the car," said Sirait.
Deputy Chief of Sub Precinct of Mimika Comm. Mada Indra Laksanta told reporters that police faced difficulties in identifying the victims as they were totally burned with their car.
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