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.
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