Thousands Awaiting Evacuation
Almost 3,000 people in Wamena, Jayawijaya regency, Papua, have joined an exodus to Jayapura, following widespread riots on 23 September.
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Displaced people are accommodated at the Megantara multipurpose building in Jayapura, Papua, on Saturday (28/9/2019).
JAYAPURA, KOMPAS — Almost 3,000 people in Wamena, Jayawijaya regency, Papua, have joined an exodus to Jayapura, following widespread riots on 23 September. Currently, about 10,000 other people have registered to be airlifted out of Wamena on the Indonesian Air Force’s Hercules aircraft.
Apart from Wamena, people in Tolikara and Lanny Jaya regencies, located four to eight hours by land from Wamena, also registered for evacuation. “People in Tolikara and Lanny Jaya are scared of potential riots like the one in Wamena. They wanted to go to Jayapura,” Jayapura’s Silas Papare air base commander Air Cmdr. Tri Bowo Budi Santoso said in Sentani, Jayapura, on Sunday (29/9/2019).