: 2 shot dead in Indonesia #IndiaNEWS #International Jakarta, March 4 (IANS) One soldier and one civilian were killed in Indonesias eastern province of Central Papua after being shot by armed separatists.

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2 shot dead in Indonesia #IndiaNEWS #International
Jakarta, March 4 (IANS) One soldier and one civilian were killed in Indonesias eastern province of Central Papua after being shot by armed separatists.
Military spokesperson in the province, Herman Taryaman told local media on Friday that the soldier died of a gunshot wound sustained during the rebel attack, which occurred when a number of soldiers were evacuating a civilian already shot dead by the separatists in a village in the provinces district of Puncak.
Separatists in Indonesias easternmost region have been seeking independence through guerrilla wars in the past several decades, targeting soldiers, police personnel as well as civilians, Xinhua news agency reported.
Three days back, a soldier was killed and three others wounded in a rebel attack in the district of Yahukimo regency.
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