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| Subject: Airport closed, gunfire reported in Papua protest 'chaos' Mon Sep 23, 2019 6:57 pm | |
| Indonesian security forces have battled to restore order in a town in the easternmost province of Papua, a police spokesman says, following media reports of buildings set ablaze and gunfire amid fresh protests.
Sometimes violent protests convulsed the region for two weeks in late August over racial slurs against Papuan students in Java's city of Surabaya, who were tear gassed in a dormitory and detained over accusations of desecrating a national flag.
There was "chaos" in Wamena, the biggest town in the highland area of Papua, state news agency Antara quoted district police chief Toni Ananda as saying. The agency cited another official as saying the town's airport had been shut.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/airport-closed-gunfire-reported-in-papua-protest-chaos-20190923-p52u4n.html |
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