THE sun was peacefully rising last Sunday when gunfire suddenly broke the silence. Along the 60th-61st mile of the Timika-Tembagapura route, a convoy of three vehicles transporting the employees of Freeport Indonesia was attacked by an armed group.

The convoy was on its way from Tembagapura to the Rimba Golf Kuala Kencana golf course. There were two buses, escorted by three members from the 2nd Pioneer Combat Unit A-Detachment of the National Po