Separatist rebel shot dead in Indonesia's Papua

Armed members of the Indonesian separatist group Free Papua Movement display the outlawed "Morning Star" flag in the jungle of the eastern Papua province on July 25, 2009

Jakarta (AFP) - Indonesian security forces have shot dead a separatist rebel in the restive eastern province of Papua, police said on Sunday.

Acting on a tip-off, police and the military raided a gathering of members of the rebel Free Papua Movement (OPM) near a beach in the Yapen Waropen district on Saturday, Papua police spokesman Pudjo Sulistyo told AFP.