TNI Commander Admiral Yudo Margono said the evacuation process for one of the soldiers who died in Timika Papua, Pratu Miftahul Arifin, was continued on Wednesday, April 19 tomorrow. Miftahul's body is in a ravine with a depth of about 15 meters.
"The location is in a ravine 15 meters deep so the search process will be carried out tomorrow," said Yudo Margono at the Juanda Air Base Ops, Surabaya, Antara, Tuesday, April 18.
He said that today he came to Papua to see and evacuate soldiers who suffered gunshot wounds as a result of the terrorist separatist group (KST) attack.
"From the shootout, there was one soldier who was killed and five who were injured. Those who were injured had been evacuated from being taken to a hospital in Timika," he said.
He said the condition of the five soldiers who suffered injuries continued to improve and there were already those who could walk on their way to the helicopter during the evacuation process.
"Meanwhile, four soldiers, until now there is still no communication. It is possible that they will survive because the location is suspected to be the headquarters of the KST," he said.
He said his party had upgraded the status of the operation to combat alert because there had been a shootout in the incident.
Yudo arrived in Timika, Papua, Monday (17/4), and immediately heard the explanation from Pangkogabwilhan III, Pangdam XVII/Cendrawasih, Commander of Koopsus TNI, Pangkoarmada III, Danrem 173, and Danrem 174 regarding the situation in Nduga, Papua.
In Timika, Yudo was accompanied by the Army Chief of Staff General TNI Dudung Abdurachman, the Kostrad Commander Lt. Gen. Maruli Simanjuntak, and the Commander General of the Special Forces Command (Danjen Kopassus) Major General TNI Iwan Setiawan.
On Saturday (15/4), the KKB intercepted and attacked TNI troops while they were combing the Mugi area, Nduga, Papua, to find the pilot Susi Air Phillip Mehrtens who had been held hostage by the KKB since February 2023.
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