Predawn Raid

Tinus Murib was killed in a firefight between TNI and OPM fighters. Some suspect it was a military ambush.

November 11, 2003

THE weather chilled to the bone, yet it could not prevent the Yalengga villagers from sleeping soundly in the early dawn last Wednesday. None of them realized that a dozen fully armed TNI (Indonesian Military) personnel were watching them surreptitiously from a distance, like starving tigers waiting for their prey. They then besieged the Bolakme Subdistrict, Jayawijaya Regency, Wamena, Papua.

The TNI personnel had been moving stealthily for more

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