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Papua separatists kill American pilot in ‘message’ to US and Indonesia
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Rebels shoot pilot and set his civilian plane on fire amid long-running low-level battle for independence in region Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive easternmost region of Papua have shot dead an American pilot and set a civilian plane on fire, in what a spokesperson for a local militant group described as a “message” to the US and Indonesian governments.Sebby Sambom, a spokesperson for the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), named the pilot as Nicholas F Gosselin and said separatist fighters set his plane on fire after it landed in the Yahukimo region of Highland Papua province. Continue reading...
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