PETRUS Epa was enjoying his noodles when six unknown people arrived at his office last Thursday. The officer at the Abepura sector police precinct—a subdistrict city 10 kilometers from Jayapura, Irian Jaya—carried on scoffing his dinner without giving the visitors a second thought.

Crack…suddenly Petrus fell headlong. An axe struck his head and he was stabbed repeatedly. The sergeant first-class was bathed in blood. The brutal