KKB attack in Tolikara kills 5 road project workers
TNI-Polri are hunting Botak Wanimbo and Tetanus Enumbi, while two workers were found alive in a separate evacuation.
An attack by an armed criminal group near Kanggime, Tolikara Regency, Highland Papua, killed five workers on a road project for PT SHJ. The assault took place while the workers were resting at camp from Sunday night into early Monday. Kodam XVII/Cenderawasih said evacuation efforts were still under way, while a joint TNI-Polri team was deployed to pursue the group said to be led by Botak Wanimbo together with Tetanus Enumbi. Four of the victims identified so far were Arman Sibarani, Erlin Aritonang, Alfons, and Barengga. Satgas Yonif 511/DY later evacuated three other workers at a different location; one of them, Alfons Defonsius Reyaan, died, while Joel Jeriko Marathon Diora Naibaho and Supredo Ulipili survived.