"The gunman shot at my husband three times on his leg and chest."Jayapura (ANTARA News) - Papua Police Chief Isp Gen BL Tobing visited Spanish citizen named Dietmar Pieper, a victim of a shooting incident at Dok II Jayapura Hospital on Tuesday.
Dietmar, 55, was previously reported as a German national who had been shot dead by an unidentified gunman at Basege beach in Jayapura.
But in reality he is not a German citizen but a Spaniard, who was enjoying the natural beauty of the beach with his wife, Eva Medina, when an unidentified gunman got off a car and shot at the victim.
Eva reported to the police her husband was not dead.
The Papua police chief found Dietmar was still alive at the hospital in the company of his wife.
"The gunman shot at my husband three times on his leg and chest," Eva told the police.
Dietmar is now undergoing intensive treatment at the hospital in Jayapura.
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