TNI Post Attacked, Commander General Andika Perkasa Leaves For Papua

JAKARTA - TNI (Indonesian Army) Commander General Andika Perkasa left for Papua following the attack on the TNI post by armed civilian groups (KSB) in Puncak Regency, Papua.

This information was conveyed by the Chair of Commission I of the House of Representatives, Meutya Hafid, when opening a working meeting with Defense Minister, Prabowo Subianto, and Finance Minister, Sri Mulyani, at the House of Representatives building, Thursday, January 27.

General Andika plans to take part in a working meeting to discuss the plan to sell a number of warships (KRI).

"As of 09:00 WIB, we received a WhatsApp from the Commander in Chief that regarding the incident in Papua this morning, he had to leave", said Meutya, quoted by Antara.

The Golkar Party politician conveyed that Andika's presence was represented. There were also parties who were seen participating in the activity, namely the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Yudo Margono.

Previously, an armed civilian group (KSB) on Thursday morning, January 27, 2022, attacked the TNI post in Bukit Tepuk, Jenggernok Village, Gome District, Puncak Regency, Papua. Two soldiers were reported dead.

Head of Information for Military Command XVII/Cenderawasih, Colonel Inf. Aqsha Erlangga admitted that the reports he received revealed that initially the KSB attacked and opened fire on the TNI post in Bukit Tepuk, Jenggernok Village, Gome District, Puncak Regency, resulting in a shootout.

As a result of this incident, two soldiers from the Pamtas Mobile Battalion Unit R 408/SBH were shot.

"Until now, the Pamtas Mobile Task Force Battalion R 408/SBH has been on standby at the Gome Post and evacuated the two victims", Aqsha explained.

Head of Information for Military Command XVII/Cenderawasih said the two personnel who died, namely Serda Rizal and Pratu Baraza, were shot in the stomach.

"The shootout is still going on in Gome", said Aqsa.