JAKARTA, March 23 (Xinhua) — At least six people in a remote area in the eastern province of Papua Highlands reportedly died on Friday in an ambush by armed insurgents, the Indonesian military told local media on Sunday.
According to a preliminary report, the incident took place in the district of Aggruk in Yakuhimo region.
The Papua Cendrawasih Military Command’s spokesman Candra Kurniawan said that the victims were allegedly burned alive inside a school building.
“Six teachers were killed in a barbaric and inhumane attack. In this attack, the rebels burned down a school as well as teachers’ houses,” Kurniawan said.
Authorities, he said, have identified four of the…