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Five Papuan independence fighters were killed in between the security forces in religious Papua region of Indonesia and a rebel group. Lock Points Authorities seized two attack rifles, one pistol, arrow and more than 300 bullets The authorities seized two attack rifles, one pistol, arrow and more than 300 rounds of ammunition.A spokesman confirmed deaths for independence fighters and said the group would not surrender A spokesman confirmed deaths for independence fighters, and said that independence fighters would not make the group surrender after killing Indonesian troops looking for New Zealand pilot. Security forces seized two attack rifles, one pistol, few arrows, two mobile phones, cash, more than 300 ammunition and a "morning star" flag - separatist symbol - after conflict. Sebby Sambo, a spokesman for the Liberation Army, confirmed the police claim, but said that losing five fighters would not "surrender us". "They were national heroes of the Papuan people," Sambom said in a statement on Monday to Associated Press. "They to protect Papuan people from extinction because of the crimes of Indonesian army and police, who act as a terrorist." When he killed troops in Nduga region of Independence Army ambushes and killed at least six Indonesian soldiers looking for Phillip Mark Mehrtens, es between two sides began in mid -April, soldiers looking for new Zealand Mark Mehrtens.He killed. February. After the plane initially threatened to kill them, the rebels were scheduled for 15 construction workers from other Indonesian islands. Continuous conflicts due to boiling rebellion The kidnapping of pilot has been second to the second members of World Wildlife Fund research mission in Mapenduma since 1996, since 1996. Two Indonesian kidnappers in this group were killed, but the remaining hostages were finally released within five months. Pilot kidnapping reflects the worsening security situation in Indonesia, an old Dutch colony, an old Dutch colony, ethnic and culturally in the eastern part of Indonesia. Saturday's fighting, indigenous Papuans and Indonesian security forces were the last of a series of violence in Papua in recent years. The data collected by International Amnesty International Indonesia showed that at least 179 civilians, 35 Indonesian military nine policemen were killed in conflicts between rebels and security forces between 2018 2022. The rebels in Papua have been struggling with a low -level uprising since the early 1960s, when Indonesia annexed the region. In 1969, Papua was included in Indonesia in 1969 after a widely seen UN sponsorship vote. Since then, rebellion has boiled in region, which was divided into five provinces to increase the development in poorest region of Indonesia last year.
