Police Station In South Sorong West Papua Attacked

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SORONG - A crowd of around five people suspected of being an independent Papuan separatist group attacked and damaged the Inanwatan Police Station in South Sorong Regency, West Papua on the evening of Sunday 17 April.

The Head of the Inanwatan Police of the South Sorong Police, Ipda Yanuar, said the incident began when five people who were initially unknown arrived drunk with alcohol carrying machetes and caused a commotion in Mate Village, Inanwatan District.

According to the police chief, some residents came to the police station to report the incident to be followed up by members of the Inanwatan Police.

According to him, the perpetrators of the riot did not accept being reported by the residents concerned to the police. They immediately went to the police station looking for the reporter and carried out an attack and broke the glass and office desk until they were destroyed and could no longer be used.

Seeing that the situation was out of control, members of the Inanwatan Police who were on duty immediately secured the reporter then took a gun and shot a warning shot into the air.

The perpetrators, who at that time went on a rampage at the police station, fled the Inanwatan police station immediately.

The police chief said they were investigating the incident. Of the five perpetrators of the attack, investigators have pocketed the identities of three people.

The identities of the three perpetrators were identified based on information from the community, each with the initials JP, IN, and DB.

The three perpetrators were the perpetrators of raising the Morning Star flag of an independent Papuan separatist group in the Inanwatan District. In addition, they also commit other crimes that are disturbing to the community.

South Sorong Police Chief, AKBP Choiruddin Wachid, who gave a separate statement, ordered the Inanwatan Police Chief to carry out an investigation and investigation of the case to completion so that the act would not be repeated and could provide a deterrent effect for the perpetrators.

The South Sorong Police Chief also ordered his staff to collect information on the activities of certain groups who wanted to create conditions. Raise community leaders to jointly maintain a conducive Kamtibmas (public order and safety) in their area.

He also appealed to the public not to be provoked by untrue issues.

The South Sorong Police Chief asked to increase the security of the headquarters and take firm and measurable action if needed, but still, be guided by standard operating procedures (SOP) and can be accounted for.