Four ‘spies’ shot dead in restive Papua region

Slow dayA conical hat vendor waiting for customers in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province. — AFP

FOUR people were shot and killed by an armed rebel group in Indonesia’s restive West Papua province, the latest in a string of attacks on civilians, police said.

The West Papua National Liberation Army, which the government has designated as a terrorist organisation, said its members on Thursday night shot people they believed were Indonesian intelligence personnel disguised as road construction workers.