Nafri/Skyland incidents: Alleged OPM members may be charged

Alleged OPM members may be charged with Nafri and Skyland incidents

Bintang Papua, 19 September 2011

Jayapura: Two Papuans who are allegedly members of TPN/OPM and who are facing charges in connection with the burning of a taxi and shootings that occurred in Kampung Nafri as well as at Skyland and were arrested on 31 August, are now at the stage of processing by the police force in Jayapura. In order to obtain more documentation about the case, the police have questioned two further witnesses. The results of these investigations cannot yet been reveal.

The public relations officer of the police said that other witnesses were likely to be summoned which may hopefully speed up the handling of the case. These witnesses were being summoned as they may have seen people who fled when a group of armed criminals opened fire on local people.

He said that one of the accused has been identified as PK who is alleged to have been involved in the killing of the driver of the taxi that was burnt and the other accused, EK was only allegedly involved in the burning and killing of the taxi driver in Skyland.

'It is hoped that the questioning of the witnesses will lead to the identification of other suspects,' the official said.

The police say that they intend to continue their investigations and hunt down other possible perpetrators in the case of the shootings in Kampung Nafri.

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