Returned To NTT, 3 Victims Of KKB Murder In Nduga Papua Arrive In Labuan Bajo

The bodies of the victims of the KKB shooting in Nduga, Papua from NTT arrived in Labuan Bajo, Monday (18/7/2022) (ANTARA/Fransiska MN)

PAPUA - Three bodies of victims of the shooting of the armed criminal group (KKB) in Nduga, Papua, who came from the Province of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) arrived in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai Regency.

The three bodies of the victims arrived at Komodo Labuan Bajo Airport at 09.30 WITA using a Batik Air plane from Surabaya, East Java.

Based on the information, the three victims, namely Paulus Watu (23) and Hubertus Goti (41) from Ngada Regency, while another victim named Johanes Rangkas (26) from Manggarai Regency.

Now the victim's body is in an ambulance parked in the yard of the Komodo Airport Cargo Building.

According to the Antara report, the return of the bodies to their respective hometowns is waiting for coordination with the family.

The victims are three of the eight victims who died in the shooting in Nduga, Papua, Saturday, July 16.

The three bodies returned to NTT are part of the 12 victims of the KKB shooting and persecution in Nduga, Papua, Saturday, July 16.

Of these, one of them is a priest. The priest went to Nduga in the context of the GKI conference in Wamena on July 26-28 2022.

"Attacking 12 civilians, one of which was a priest on behalf of Eliaser Baye, until he died", said Head of Public Relations of the Papua Police, Kombes Ahmad Musthofa Kamal in his statement, Sunday, July 17.