Hunt For KKB After Teacher Shooting And Burning Of Building In Papua Accompanied By Gunfire

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JAKARTA - Police officers were involved in a shootout with armed criminal groups (KKB) on Saturday, April 10. The shootout took place in the aftermath of the shooting of two teachers and the burning of four buildings in Beoga District, Puncak Jaya Regency, Papua.

"Yesterday there was a gunfight. Until now (KKB) is still being hunted," said Head of Public Relations of Papua Police Grand Commissioner Ahmad Mustofa Kamal when confirmed, Sunday, April 11.

To speed up the arrest of Sabinus Waker's group, the police will increase the number of troops participating in the hunt operation. On the other hand, Kamal also mentioned that police were evacuating people in Boega District.

They will be temporarily transferred to Intan Jaya. It's just that the people evacuated are just migrants.

The reason is that the target of KKB is expected to be future citizens. What's more, the victims of the group's shooting were not Boega natives.

"So (District) Beoga to Intan Jaya closer, than from Beoga to Puncak. Because, there is no access to Puncak," he said.

Previously reported, armed criminal groups (KKB) again spread terror on Papuan soil. They shot a teacher and set fire to several educational buildings.

The shooting took place in Julukoma Village, Beoga District, Puncak Regency, Papua, on Thursday, April 8. The victim was Oktovianus Rayo, 42, who was a teacher. He was shot twice while guarding the kiosk at about 09:30 eastern Indonesia time.

Sabinus Waker's leadership group also burned down several educational buildings. It is recorded that three schools were burned down and one teacher's house.

Head of Public Relations of Papua Police Grand Commissioner Ahmad Musthofa Kamal said that the four schools burned were elementary, junior high, and senior high school levels.

"Four buildings were burned Jambul Elementary School, State 1 Junior High School, Beoga 1 Senior High School, and the teacher's house," Grand Commissioner Kamal said.

According to witnesses, the arson occurred on Thursday, April 8 at around 6:15 p.m. The perpetrator is Sabinus Waker.