Indonesian police, military launch joint probe into fatal shooting during cockfighting raid


A bird at a cockfighting arena in Karangasem, Bali. - File Photo: AFP

JAKARTA: (Bernama) Indonesian police and the military have launched a joint investigation after three officers were shot dead during a raid on an illegal cockfighting ring in Way Kanan, Lampung province, on Monday (March 17) evening.

The officers were killed as gunfire erupted while police moved in to break up the gathering in Karang Manik village, resulting in the deaths of Negara Batin Police Chief Inspector Lusiyanto, Chief Brigadier Petrus Apriyanto, and Brigadier Two Ghalib Surya Ganta.

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