2003 Yalengga raid
| Yalengga Raid | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Papua conflict | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Indonesia |
 West Papua National Liberation Army | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Col Gustav Agus Irianto |
Yustinus Murib †[1] | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 Kopassus | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 60 Personel | 40 OPM Rebels | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Light casualties | 10 Killed | ||||||
| 1 Civilians Killed | |||||||
The Yalengga Raid was a military raid launched by Kopassus to eliminate and defeating the OPM on Jayawijaya Regency and also halted the OPM attacks on Wamena, the raid resulted in killing the most wanted OPM commander Yustinus Murib and seizure of most of the OPM's weapons and documents.[1]
Raid
[edit]On 6 November 2003 in the 5 A.M the Indonesian forces led by Colonel Gustav Agus Irianto started the military raid on subdistrict Yalengga, Jayawijaya Regency.[2][3] The Indonesian forces besieged the Yalengga district and forced the OPM companies to started the assault, however the Indonesian forces was success to delayed the OPM attacks to Wamena.[4] About 50-60 Indonesian personnels ambushed and stormed the OPM headquarters the Indonesian managed to killed the most wanted OPM leader (Yustinus Murib) captured many OPM weaponry and the OPM documents that mentioned the plan of assaults on Wamena.[5]
After the Raid the body of Yustinus Murib were beheaded and the corpse of his bodies were captured by the Indonesian forces as a trophy. The Indonesian government claimed the raid benefitted the civilians who were being killed by the OPM. After the raid, OPM forces continue to retreat and pushed by the Indonesian military forces.[6][7][8][9]
References
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- ^ "Jigi Jigibalom". papuansbehindbars.org. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Serangan Fajar di Yalengga" [Midnight Attack on Yalengga]. tempo.com (in Indonesian). 2003-11-16. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ Roger (2003-11-06). "Papua rebels, leader killed in ambush". theage.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ Laksamana (2003-11-09). "Indonesia "GAM still strong"". reliefweb.int. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
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- ^ "The Guardian". www.cpa.org.au. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07.
- ^ "Indonesian genocide in West Papua". www.australian-news.net. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.