Armed Groups Disrupt Stone Burning Ceremony at Ilaga Papua

Armed groups, at around 13.30 WIT Thursday, July 8, 2021, disrupted the stone burning ceremony in Ilaga, Puncak Regency, Papua, by shooting at participants from a distance.
 
The Commander of Korem 173/PVB Brigadier General TNI Iwan Setiawan admitted that there was a gunfight in Ilaga which was initiated by armed groups during a stone-burning ceremony attended by the Regent, Kodim commander, the head of the Resort Police as well as officials and residents in the area.

The disturbance was then responded by members of the TNI-Polri who were indeed on standby and there were no casualties. "The stone burning event itself was carried out as a form of gratitude for the recovery in security conditions in the area," said Setiawan who was contacted from Jayapura.

Based on the reports received, members of the TNI-Polri chased them and searched the location.

However, he could not confirm which group interfered with the stone burning event.
 
"There is a possibility that the disturbance is the Lekagak Telenggen group or the Teri Mayu group which is around the estuary," he said.

SOURCE: https://www.viva.co.id/berita/nasional/1385911-group-berarmed-anggu-upacara-bakar-batu-di-ilaga-papua