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Antara, 27 April 2000

CHIEF OF IRIANESE SEPARATIST GROUP SHOT DEAD

Jayapura, Irian Jaya, April 27 (ANTARA) - Chief of the
separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM), Hans Bomay, was killed
Tuesday in a gunfight with the rival faction led by Mathias
Wenda, near Bewani Valley in Papua New Guinea, a military
officer has said.

Bomay died while being rushed to a hospital in Vanimo, capital
of Sandaun province in Papua New Guinea, chief of the Trikora
regional military command, Maj Gen Albert Inkiriwang, said
Thursday, quoting an official of the Indonesian embassy in Port
Moresby.

Irian Jaya, Indonesia`s easternmost province, shares a border
with Papua New Guinea.

Inkiriwang said he did not know the cause of the clash between
the two rival factions of the organization whose headquarters is
located in Bewani Valley.

Despite the clash, the security situation along the border is
quite safe, he said.

"The border situation is relatively safe despite the gunfight
between the two rival camps of the OPM in Papua New Guinea," he
said.

(JPR-03/NN01/12:36/icl/13:52)

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