5 People Affected By Arrows Due To The War In Jayawijaya

The situation of war between the villages in Jayawijaya when the police arrived (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Five people were reported injured by arrows as a result of the war that broke out between the people of two different villages in Jayawijaya Regency, Papua Province, Wednesday, September 9.

The Head of Jayawijaya Police, AKBP Dominggus Rumaropen, said that this incident began when three unknown people who were seen from afar, burned an uninhabited traditional house in the area of Kampung Meagama, Hubikosy District.

"With the burning, clashes could not be avoided so that there were three victims on the Pelebaga side, two victims on the Meagama side of the Hubikosy District. All of these victims were alive, only injured. All (arrows) entered the calves and thighs," said Dominggus in Wamena. , The capital of Jayawijaya Regency, reported by Antara, Thursday, September 10.

The police are still investigating three unidentified people who are suspected of triggering the war, by burning down the traditional uninhabited house built in the forest.

From the burning of the honai, Meagama suspected that the burning was carried out by the Wukahilapok community in the Pelebaga District, so they attacked the border between the two villages and resulted in five residents being hit by arrows.

Prior to the war on Wednesday, September 9, which lasted from mid-afternoon, the people of each village were indeed on alert with traditional weapons because they heard rumors raised by unknown people that there were still acts of war with each other.

"The issue reached the Meagama community that the Pelebaga community had been hit by an arrow, so Meagama was on alert. Another issue was that the Meagama people why arrows and died in the hospital so they guarded each other. But after we checked, it turned out that this (issue) was all lies," he said.