West Papua independence leader urges calm after killings Read moreThe ministry said the report had overshadowed “the murder of 19 innocent civilians on 2 December 2018 by armed separatist groups in Nduga, Papua”. Papua military command’s spokesman, Colonel Mumahammad Aidi, dismissed the newspaper’s report as fake news propaganda. “All human beings and animals there would have been wiped out.”The Free West Papua movement called for an urgent investigation. White phosphorus and other incendiary weapons are prohibited for use against civilian populations under the international convention on certain conventional weapons. They deserve honest answers.”The Indonesian-controlled Papua and West Papua provinces are located on the western half of the island of New Guinea.

Source: The Guardian December 24, 2018 02:20 UTC