Arfai Incident | |||||||
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Part of the Papua conflict | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Indonesia |
Free Papua Movement Cassowary Battalion | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sarwo Edhie Wibowo | Ferry Awom | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1 battalion | c. 400 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3[1]–18[2] killed | 4[2]–36[3] killed |
The Arfai incident (Indonesian: Peristiwa Arfai) was a skirmish between Indonesian Army soldiers and Free Papua Movement fighters backed by local sympathizers on 28 July 1965, where the fighters launched a raid against an Indonesian barracks in an attempt to capture firearms.
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