The situation in Abepura, Jayapura and environs are (now) very conducive following the shooting and stabbing incident on Monday and street rally participated in by thousands of Peace Papua National Committee members on Tuesday (Aug 2), Antara learned here on Wednesday.
The urban mass transportations have also conducted their normal activities, said Maximus, driver of urban mass transportation.
A food stall owner in Abepura said the businessmen here have been accustomed to the situation of shooting and stabbing incident.
According to the reliable sources, 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 any place 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 gunmen 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.
(Uu.B003/HAJM/O001)
Editor: Priyambodo RH
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