More shooting on road to Freeport's Papua mine

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Gunmen fired Wednesday at vehicles operated by U.S. mining company Freeport in Indonesia's impoverished Papua province, injuring two guards and a policeman in the latest attack on the world's largest gold mine, police said.

A few miles (kilometers) away on the same road leading to the mine, a policeman died and an officer and two soldiers were injured in a car accident, national police spokesman Nanan Sukarna said.

There were conflicting reports about the number of dead and injured in the two incidents. Initial reports from witnesses said two people were killed in the shooting, but officials could not confirm those accounts.

Freeport said in a statement that three people sustained "minor injuries" after their vehicle was shot at, but it did not identify them or say if they were in Freeport cars.

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