In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, accompanied by, from left to right, Armed Forces Chief Air Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, National Police Chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, and National Intelligence Agency's Chief Gen. Budi Gunwan, delivers his televised remarks at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 26, 2021. Widodo expressed his condolences after an Indonesian brigadier general was killed in an ongoing clash between security forces and a rebel group in restive Papua province. - AP
JAYAPURA (Indonesia), April 26 (AP): An Indonesian brigadier general who served as the provincial intelligence agency's chief here was killed in an ongoing clash between security forces and a rebel group in restive Papua province, authorities said Monday.
The clashes started April 8 in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua province after rebels set fire to three schools and shot to death a teacher in Beoga village in Puncak district.
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