Indonesia probes Papua shooting, denies police abuse

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Source: Reuters

JAKARTA, June 23 (Reuters) - Indonesia is investigating the shooting of a teenager at a military post on the Papua border, but dismissed allegations of police abuse during recent raids in the province, officials said on Tuesday.

The 18-year-old Papuan male was wounded on Monday at a border crossing between West Papua and Papua New Guinea after soldiers fired warning shots when they encountered five people carrying weapons, a military spokesman said.

"Six military personnel from that post are currently being questioned by military police over the incident," Papua military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Soesilo said.

Separately, a U.S.-based rights group said in a statement that seven young Papuan women had been kidnapped and raped, several killed, livestock attacked and homes burned in a series of police sweeps conducted since April.


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