While Safeguarding Heli That Was About To Land, Brimob Members Were Hit By KKB Bullets In Kiwirok

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JAKARTA - A shootout between personnel of the "Damai Cartenz" task force and KKB in Kiwirok, Bintang Mountains Regency, Papua, Saturday, resulted in a member being shot.

"It is true that a Brimob member who is part of the Cartenz Peace task force, namely Bharada Resi Nugroho, was shot during a shootout with the KKB," said the Head of the Bintang Mountains Police AKBP Cahyo Sukarnito to Antara, Saturday, January 22.

The shootout occurred at around 08.WIT when members were conducting security preparations for the arrival of the helicopter. Initially the KKB attacked and fired on members who were securing the arrival of the Police helicopter, resulting in a shootout.

During the shootout, Bharada Resi Nugroho was shot in the upper left chest.

"The condition of the victim Bharada Resi is reported to be stable and waiting for evacuation using a police helicopter," said AKBP Cahyo Sukarnito.

Earlier Monday (17/1) Bharatu Bachtiar was shot in Kiwirok. The Cartenz Peace Task Force is the new name for the Nemangkawi operation code.

The National Police decided to end the task of the Nemangkawi Task Force in eradicating the Armed Criminal Group (KKB) in Papua. Later, Operation Peace Cartenz 2022 will be formed.

The Nemangkawi Task Force will end on January 25. Thus, Operation Cartenz Peace will be up and running immediately.

According to Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan, there are differences in the work patterns of the Nemangkawi Task Force and the Cartenz Peace Operations. The new team that was formed was more persuasive and preemptive.

In a release at the end of 2021, the National Police said that they had carried out 276 police operations including six centralized operations and 270 regional operations.

Two important operations include Operation Nemangkawi Papua stages I and II. From this operation, 27 people who are members of the Armed Criminal Group (KKB) have been arrested.