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Thursday, 16 March 2006,

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Police

killed in Papua protest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Protesters demanding the closure of a huge gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province have

beaten to death two policemen, a police spokesman said.

The incident happened on Thursday

outside the university in the provincial capital, Jayapura.

There have been protests against the mine's operator - US giant Freeport

McMoRan - since security forces tried to evict unlicensed miners last month.

Supporters of Papua independence see the mine as a symbol of

unfair rule.

Thursday's demonstration saw

police fire tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators, some of whom threw rocks

at the police.

According to journalists at the scene, the crowd then cornered

two policemen and beat them to death with sticks and stones.

An Indonesian TV channel reported that the bodies were then

burned.

The incident was the most serious for several months, and was

likely to stoke tensions in the province, which has seen a low-level

insurgency against Indonesian rule.

The Freeport McMoRan mine - which extracts copper as well as

gold - is one of the largest in the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4811768.stm

 

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