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Shootout kills policeman in Indonesia’s Papua

08/02/2012 10:44:00
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A gunfight in Indonesia’s restive Papua province killed one police officer and wounded an unidentified man yesterday, police said.
The shootout between police and an unknown group of gunmen occurred at around 8:00 am (2300 GMT Monday) near Timika town in the operational area of US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan.
“A police officer named Ronald Sopamena was shot dead on patrol in the area,” provincial police spokesman Wachyono said.
One of the gunmen was shot and had been taken to hospital for treatment, he added.
The incident is the latest in a spate of attacks around Freeport’s Grasberg mine – which holds the world’s largest gold and second-largest copper reserves – since a three-month workers’ strike began in September.
The strike by more than 8,000 of the mine’s 23,000 workers officially ended in mid-December with a 37 percent hike on wages starting from USD 1.50 an hour.

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