Indonesians kill 162
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in West Irian
Indonesians had killed 162 Papuan tribesmen in the two year-old rebellion of the Arfak tribe on the Manokwari coastal area of West Irian, Indonesia’s Army Chief, General Pang gabean, admitted in Djakarta in August.
General Panggabeau said a further 138 tribesmen had been taken prisoner and a total of 3,539 tribesmen had surrended since the uprising started in late 1965.
His statement followed the words of General Sjarif Thajeb that “perhaps 20 West Irianese” had died in the uprising in 1965. General Thajeb said this when he visited NG earlier this year with a six-man Indonesian parliamentary delegation.
He said Indonesian air force planes had strafed unoccupied open ground at Manokwari to “scare” West Irianese. Mano kwari is about 400 miles west of Sukarnapura, West Irian’s capital.