ABC AUSTRALIA, 15/09/2002 15:45:49
Indonesia quizzes 21 soldiers over Papua killing
In the Indonesian province of Papua, gunmen have wounded one Indonesian soldier
after they ambushed a truck belonging to the America-owned Freeport mine.
The soldier was one of four safeguarding the truck.
The attack comes just weeks after a bus was ambushed near the Freeport mine,
leaving two Americans and one Indonesian dead.
Twenty one Indonesian soldiers, who were on duty at the mine, have now been
questioned over the murders.
Witnesses say the men who carried out the shooting were wearning military-style
uniforms but the Indonesian military says no soldiers were involved in the attack.
The military claims separatist rebels, who are fighting for a free Papua state, carried
out the ambush.
15/09/2002 15:45:49 | ABC Radio Australia News
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