Clash leaves two dead in Indonesia’s Papua province
Posted at 23:48 on 10 December, 2006 UTC
An Indonesian military official says two people including an Indonesian military officer were killed in a clash between security forces and separatists in the remote eastern province of Papua.
The clash happened after the officer and some residents tried to enter a separatist camp southwest of Jayapura, the capital of Indonesia’s Papua province.
No other details were available.
Papuan independence activists have waged a campaign for more than 30 years to break away from Indonesia while a low-level armed rebellion has also simmered for decades.
Human rights groups have accused the Indonesian military of widespread abuses in Papua.
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