REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAYAPURA -- A deadly ambush was launched by unknown armed attackers in Utikini Village of Tembagapura Subdistrict, Mimika District, Papua Province, on Thursday evening, killing two policemen and a civilian, a police officer confirmed here Friday (2/1).
The policemen were identified as Chief Brig.Riyan Hariansyah (22) and Chief Brig. M.Adpriadi (22) while the civilian was a worker of Freeport-McMoRan named Suko Miartono (34), Senior Commissioner Patrige Renwarin said.
The coffins of the personnel of South Sumatra Province's Police Mobile Brigade would be transported to Palembang on Saturday, said Renwarin, spokesman of Papua Provincial Police's headquarters.
According to security sources, the three victims were shot dead and tortured by their attackers.
Their whereabouts were known after a group of policemen conducting a routine patrol found their car near the bridge of Utikini Village or Mile-68 of Tembagapura area.
The attackers also seized the two ill-fated policemen's rifles, three ammunition magazines and 125 bullets of 5.56 caliber.
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