Jayapura: Coffin of Brig. Gen. Putu IGP Dani NK, Indonesia's top agent, who died in a Sunday gunfight, was moved to Beoga, Puncak, to then be flown to Timika, Mimika, Papua, Monday, a military officer stated.
From Timika, the coffin of this fallen head of Indonesia's National Intelligence Agency (BIN)-Papua Office, would be transported to Jakarta for a military funeral at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery on Tuesday.
Dani NK died in a gunfight with several armed Papuan criminals, Commander of the XVII/Cenderawasih Regional Military Command Maj. Gen. Ignatius Yogo Triyono told ANTARA in Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, on Sunday evening.
Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Mathius Fakhiri earlier stated that this fallen BIN agent had died of gunshot wounds in Dambet Village, Beoga, Puncak, on Sunday at 3:50 p.m. local time.
Dani NK visited the village along with seven security personnel at about 9:20 a.m. local time aboard four motorcycles. During the stay at the village, he got shot during the gunfight.
Dambet Village is some three kilometers away from Beoga. It recently came under attack by armed Papuan criminals, who had set ablaze several houses of innocent civilians and elementary school buildings.
Over these past four months, Papua has borne the brunt of a string of violent attacks by the armed groups targeting civilians in regions such as Puncak and Intan Jaya.
The armed groups often employ hit-and-run tactics against Indonesian security personnel, while they unleash acts of terror against civilians to instill a sense of fear among the people.
Among the victims of their acts of terror are motorcycle taxi (ojek) drivers, teachers, students, and street food vendors. They had also attacked civilian aircraft.
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