Police pocket the identities of 11 KKB members who attacked Trans Papuan workers

The Directorate of General Criminal Investigation of the West Papua Regional Police identified 11 suspected members of the armed criminal group (KKB) who attacked 14 workers on the construction project of the Trans-West Papua road route Bintuni-Maybrat, Thursday, September 29, 2022.

The Director of General Criminal Investigation at the West Papua Police, Police Commissioner Novia Jaya, told the media that 11 members of the armed criminal group (KKB) suspected of carrying out the attack were identified based on pictures and videos that were distributed after the attack.

"From the pictures and videos that have been circulating, we match the statements of the victim's witnesses and residents around the scene. The identities of the 11 suspected perpetrators have been known," said Kombes Novia Jaya in Manokwari, Thursday, October 6, 2022.

From the results of the identification, Novia continued, it is strongly suspected that the perpetrators of the attack on 14 workers of the trans Papua road construction project were the Maybrat KKB network which previously in September 2021 also attacked the TNI Koramil Preparation Post (Posramil) in Kisor Maybrat Village.

"Of the 11 suspected perpetrators, there is one DPO Maybrat with the initials MM. While the other suspected perpetrators are a new group in the Moskona area, Teluk Bintuni Regency. MM is strongly suspected of being the mastermind behind the attack on 14 road project workers," he said.

Kombes Novia Jaya added that the West Papua Regional Police will soon conduct a case for the determination of the suspect along with the wanted list (DPO) of the 11 KKB members to be distributed throughout the West Papua Province.
 
He also stated that one worker who was the victim of the KKB attack with a fairly severe gunshot wound was undergoing treatment at the Makassar City Hospital, South Sulawesi.

"Eight other survivors have been returned to their families, while one survivor (the cook) is still undergoing treatment at the Teluk Bintuni Regency Hospital for suffering knee injuries," he said.

The incident of the KKB attack on 14 workers of the Trans Papua Barat road construction project that occurred on Thursday, September 29, 2022, resulted in four deaths and several injuries. The four dead were Abbas, Armin, Darmin, and Yafet.

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