Nine shot dead in Indonesia's restive Papua, say police


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  • Saturday, 16 Jul 2022

(Reuters) -Nine people were shot dead in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua in an attack believed to be perpetrated by armed separatists, police said on Saturday.

Police in the provincial capital of Jayapura told local media the incident, the deadliest in recent years, occurred on Saturday morning in the remote highland area of Nduga.

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