Telkomsel BTS tower shooting

Telkomsel BTS tower shooting
Part of the Papua conflict
Aerial photograph of the terrain near Beoga.
LocationBeoga, Puncak Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia
Date2 March 2022 (2022-03-02)
03:00[1] (UTC+09:00)
TargetPT Palapa Timur Telematika employees
Attack type
attack on communications tower
WeaponsAutomatic firearms[2]
Deaths8
Injured1
PerpetratorsWest Papua Liberation Organization
No. of participants
12

On 2 March 2022, gunmen of the Free Papua Movement attacked and killed eight workers at a Telkomsel telecommunications facility (BTS 3) in Beoga, Puncak Regency, in the Central Papua province of Indonesia.[3]

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  2. ^ McBeth, John (8 March 2022). "Indonesia, UN at daggers drawn on Papua". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Rebels in Indonesia's Papua Shoot Dead 8". 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.