Papua Police Reveal Alleged Motive of Yahukimo Shootings

Then, a shooting incident occurred again on Wednesday, March 8. In the incident, EP (18) and VS (24) were killed due to gunshot wounds.

Previously, Papua Police Chief Inspector General Mathius D. Fakhiri suspected that the perpetrator of the shooting was Yotam Bugiangge, a former member of the Indonesian military who had joined Egianus Kogoya.

"The perpetrator is Yotam Bugiangge on the orders of Egianus," Fakhiri said in Jayapura on Thursday, March 9.

Then, on Saturday, March 11, KKB carried out a shooting attack on a Trigana Air plane that was about to land at Nop Goliath Airport. At that time, no bullets hit the plane. However, when the same plane took off to fly to Jayapura, another shooting incident occurred.

As a result, one bullet hit the lower part of the plane's fuselage, creating a hole. Fortunately, the plane was still able to continue its flight and successfully landed safely at Sentani Airport.

This article has been translated from Indonesian, partly with the help of an artificial intelligence tool.

(Writer: Dhias Suwandi | Editor: Krisiandi)

Source: https://regional.kompas.com/read/2023/03/14/174731078/polisi-ungkap-dugaan-motif-kkb-lakukan-sejumlah-penembakan-di-yahukimo?source=widgetML&engine=C.