http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/papua-police-killing-still-a-mystery/558755 Papua Police Killing Still a Mystery SP/Robert Isidorus, Banjir Ambarita & SP/Yoseph Kelen | November 29, 2012
A relative mourns as the coffin of Rolfi Takubessy, one of three policemen killed in an attack on Tuesday, arrives in Jayapura on its way to his hometown of Kupang on Wednesday. (EPA PhotoJayapura/Biak/Kupang. The bodies of three officers killed during an attack on a police post in Papua’s Lanny Jaya district on Tuesday were sent to their hometowns on Wednesday as police continue searching for answers in the case. The body of First Brig. Jefri Rumkorem was buried by his family in Jayapura, the provincial capital, while that of First Brig. Daniel Makuker was flown from Jayapura Airport to his hometown in Biak Island in Papua’s Biak Numfor district. The body of Second Insp. Rolfi Takubessy, the head of the Pirime police post that was attacked and burned down by unknown perpetrators, was flown to Kupang in East Nusa Tenggara. Large numbers of mourners turned out in all three locations. In Jayapura, hundreds of people attended Jefri’s burial, while in Biak, police said they wanted to bury Daniel with full police honors in the local heroes’s cemetery, but were still in talks with the family about their plans. In Kupang, members of Rolfi’s family said they first saw the news about his death on the Internet, and only after repeated calls to the Papua Police did they receive confirmation about the incident. Albinus Takubessy, the victim’s younger brother, said Rolfi last spoke to the family on Sunday. He said he been transferred to the Pirime post four weeks earlier, and had left his wife and four children behind in Jayawijaya, the Lanny Jaya capital. The three men were killed during an attack by around 50 people on their remote police post on Tuesday morning. Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian, the provincial police chief, said on Tuesday that the attackers hacked the officers to death before setting the police post on fire. A fourth officer, First Brig. M. Gosali, managed to flee to the neighboring Tiom police post and returned with nine other officers. In the ensuing fight, two of the attackers were killed, while the rest fled into the nearby forest with four handguns stolen from the Pirime police post. Police have still not been able to identify the attackers or their motive, but say they suspect the Free Papua Organization (OPM), a separatist group. However, Goliat Tabuni, the commander of the local OPM branch, has denied his group’s involvement in the attack. The incident comes just days before the OPM marks the 49th anniversary of its founding this Saturday. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
