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Article: FREEPORT CONVOY AGAIN ATTACKED BY ARMED GROUP.
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- ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia)
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- August 29, 2009
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Timika, Aug. 29 (ANTARA): An unidentified armed group again attacked a Freeport vehicle convoy near Mile 42-41 on the Tembagapura-Timika road on Friday at 5.25 pm local time. The convoy comprising an employee bust and a truck, left Mile 50 for a Timika water-channel terminal when being shot from the left side of the road. Police and military personnel guarding the Freeport convoy shot back at the attackers. There were no injuries or casualties in the shootout. "Yes, there was shooting aimed at a workers' bus and trailer truck at Mile 42-41 yesterday afternoon," Senior Commissioner Agus Rianto, a spokesman of the Papua police , said here on Saturday. The latest shootout ...