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Indonesian police probes deadly attacks on police station

Xinhua, December 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Indonesian national police has sent a team to investigate deadly attacks on a police station in Papua on Sunday night that killed three police officers, national police spokesman said Monday.

The police station located at Sinai subdistrict of Puncak district of Papua province in eastern parts of Indonesia, said Anton Cahrliyan, national police spokesman.

The strikes also wound 2 other policemen, he said.

"There were (deadly) shootings on three police officers," he said.

Papua province is home to separatist Free Papua Movement known as OPM.

"A team from national police has been deployed to investigate it. The motive of the attacks is being probed," said Cahrilyan. Endit