TIMIKA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian police on Wednesday said they had killed a leader of Papua's main separatist group near Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc's huge mine in the remote easternmost part of the country.
Kelly Kwalik, the highest commander of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), was killed by police in a raid in Timika, Papua, on Wednesday morning, Papua police spokesman Agus Rianto said. The OPM has waged a low-level insurgency for almost four decades seeking independence in Indonesia's resources-rich extreme.