West Trans-Papua Workers Attacked By KKB, Paulus Waterpaw: I Quoted The Obscenity Of The KKB

The victim was shot as a result of a KKB attack on the Trans-Papua Barat route (ANTARA/HO-Satgas Battalion Unit RK 136/TS)

MANOKWARI - Acting Governor of West Papua Paulus Waterpaw strongly condemns the attack of armed criminal groups (KKB) on civilians working on the Trans-Papua Barat road route Bintuni-Maybrat, Thursday, September 29 yesterday.

"As the Acting Governor of West Papua, I condemn the barbarity of the KKB," said Waterpaw in his statement in Manokwari, Friday, September 30. The former Head of the National Police of the National Police admitted that he had communicated with the leaders of the TNI and Polri in West Papua to take quick and decisive steps to evacuate survivors and those who died in the attack. "To the XVIII Military Commander/Kasuari Major General Gabriel Lema and the West Papua Police Chief Inspector General Pol. Daniel Tahi Monang Silitongga to take steps to evacuate the victims from the scene, and immediately arrest the inhumane KKB," said Waterpaw as quoted by Antara. West Papuan people, especially villagers around the scene, should not panic.

He hopes that the residents can help the authorities to arrest the criminals. "Because the security forces will immediately handle the perpetrators, the community must remain calm and help the authorities to crush this group as soon as possible," said Waterpaw. Previously, the Head of Public Relations of the West Papua Police, Kombes Pol. Adam Erwindi confirmed the attack by an unknown person (OTK) on 12 Trans-Papua Barat road workers in accordance with the report from the Tekuk Bintuni Police Chief AKBP Junov Siregar. "Information was obtained at around 18.20 WIT from the Yonif Battalion Unit Task Force Post RK 136/TS Mayerga Village, West Moskona District to the Bintuni Teluk Police regarding the shooting incident carried out by the OTK," said the Head of Public Relations quoting the Teluk Bintuni Police Chief report.

The Head of Public Relations said that the combination of TNI personnel and the Teluk Bintuni Brimob unit had evacuated one gunshot wound from around the scene to the Yonif Battalion Task Force Post RK 136/TS Mayerga Village. As a result of the attack, he said, a worker suffered a gunshot wound to his right hand while 12 other workers fled from the scene and reported to the Yonif Battalion Unit Task Force Post RK 136/TS Kampung Mayerga.