Police shoots three civilians in Papua

One of the victims, Lukas Boleba, on Monday said the shooting happened at 12 am local time in Mamberamo Tengah. The incident started with a misunderstanding between a truck driver of Mamberamo Alas Mandiri company and three civilians who were also employees of the company.

The three civilians had just come out of a forest and asked the truck driver for a lift. However, the truck driver who did not know the three were fellow-employees was scared and refused as they were armed. He instead stepped on the accelerator and drove to the nearest police station to report he had just seen three armed civilians.