JAKARTA - The Cartenz 2026 Peace Operation Task Force carried out an investigation of the scene of the shooting incident of Simson Mulia (48), an employee of PT Freeport Indonesia in the Grasberg area, Tembagapura District, Mimika, Central Papua on Wednesday, March 11.

Head of the Public Relations Task Force for the 2026 Cartenz Peace Operation, Commissioner General of Police Yusuf Sutejo, said the crime scene investigation process was carried out together with the Mimika Regional Police and the Tembagapura area security elements.

The process began with the consolidation of the team at mile 68 Tembagapura, followed by examination of the condition of the witnesses at the hospital and coordination with security elements at Post 900 before heading to the scene.

"At the location, the joint team conducted an initial reconstruction of the incident through seven crime scene scenes, including examining the position of the vehicle during the incident, the position of the victim when he fell, the direction of the shot, to the position of the witness during the event," said Yusuf in his statement in Timika, Friday, quoted by Antara.

He explained that the entire series of activities to process the crime scene was safe and smooth until the team returned to carry out the final consolidation at Mile 68 Tembagapura.

He said the results of the crime scene investigation and the testimony of the survivors stated that the shooting incident occurred when the victim and his colleagues had completed the survey work in the area.

The witness, who is also a colleague of the victim and a vehicle driver, said that at the time of the incident, the victim was in the back of the pickup truck to tidy up the survey equipment and equipment because the work they were doing had been completed.

"The victim was in the back of the pickup truck when suddenly he heard two explosions from an unknown direction," said Yusuf.

He said the witness then saw the victim fall immediately and the helmet he was wearing fell to the ground.

Aware of the situation, the witness immediately contacted the base camp using a handy talky (HT) to ask for evacuation assistance as soon as possible.


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