One day after fatal shooting, Freeport security guard shot dead
Markus Makur , The Jakarta Post , Timika | Sun, 07/12/2009 12:53 PM | National
Just one day after the shooting of an Australian working at Freepor-McMoran mine in Mimika, Papua, a Freeport security guard, identified as Markus Rattealo, was shot dead while he was in the car together with police officers on Sunday morning.
Accoding to a police source, unidentified assailants sprayed bullets against a vehicle carrying the police’s mobile brigades and anti-terror personnel as well as Freeport security guards at Mile 51 in Kuala Kencara district, near the site where Australian Drew Nicholas Grant was shot dead on Saturday.
National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Sulistyo Ishak confirmed the incident and said that the police had deployed reinforcement team consisting personnel from Timika Police office, Papua provincial police force and the National Police.
“After the incident, our anti-terror team Densus 88 had a gun battle with the unknown gunmen,” Ishak was quoted by Antara news agency as syaing.
On Saturday, Drew Nicholas Grant died after a shot was fired at a vehicle at Mile 53 in Kuala Kencana district. He was taken to Tembagapura Hospital, but died due to the wound.
Papua police chief Insp. Gen. Bagus Ekodanto said Saturday that a gun in the Papua shooting that killed Nicholas Grant is usually used by police and military officers.
Police found three cartridge cases and projectiles from the crime scene, he said.
