Up to seven dead in West Papua as protest turns violent

The Guardian ^ | Wed 28 Aug 2019 22.49 EDT First published on Wed 28 Aug | Ben Doherty and agencies @bendohertycorro Wed 28 Aug 2019 22.49 EDT First published on Wed 28 Aug

[the_daug]

Up to six protesters and one soldier have been killed in clashes across the restive West Papua and Papua provinces, although protesters and police dispute how many have died.

A source at one protest in the Deiyai Regency told The Guardian on Thursday that police had fired lived rounds into a crowd of demonstrators outside the regency offices on Wednesday. Six people were killed and two seriously injured, the source, who requested anonymity fearing reprisals, said.

“Shots were fired at the protesters, but people continued to sit in protest.”

Al Jazeera also reported that six protesters had been killed.

[the_daug]

West Papuan's don't like being called monkey.

[Nateman]

Typical Islamic brutality. Whipping out the natives and their history. Indonesia is now 87% Islamic . You can be pretty sure they killed allot of Infidels to get that way.

[vladimir998]

They certainly killed a large number of people in East Timor.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Sounds like someone was having a party and was hunting for dinner. 7 people is a feast to Papua residents

[PapaBear3625]

West Papua is mostly Christian, with Muslims at 38.4%

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Papua_(province)

[Nateman]

Mozlems are going to kill a lot more Christians then. I'd say Christians are the best resistance to Islam except for the remarkable ability of Israel to hold off so many at such one sided odds.

[the_daug]

East Timor doesn’t have the natural resource Papua does.

[vladimir998]

“East Timor doesn’t have the natural resource Papua does.”

And? Did that stop the Indonesians from invading? Did it stop the Indonesians from being responsible for killing 100,000 East Timorese through massacres, hunger and illnesses?