Generals take over after deadly Papua riots

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: March 18, 2006| Author: Jane Perlez | Copyright information


International Herald Tribune

03-18-2006

Indonesia's top military and police generals took control of the provincial capital of Jayapura in Papua on Friday, ordering the arrests of university students and directing the riot police to fire into the air as they patrolled the streets.Nearly 60 people, many of them students at Cenderawaih University, have been arrested in connection with a violent demonstration Thursday that resulted in the death of three policemen and an ai...

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