Separatist gunmen killed eight technicians repairing a remote telecommunications tower in Indonesia’s restive Papua province, authorities and the rebels said.
More than a dozen gunmen stormed Telkomsel’s tower while the workers were fixing its transceiver on Wednesday in the mountainous village of Beoga in Puncak district, which only can be reached by helicopter, said Papua military spokesperson Col Aqsha Erlangga.
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