JAKARTA – Separatist fighters in Indonesia’s Papua region have taken a New Zealand pilot hostage after setting a small commercial plane on fire when it landed in a remote highland area on Tuesday (Feb 7) , a pro-independence group said in a statement. A police spokesman in Papua province, Mr Ignatius Benny Adi Prabowo, said the authorities were investigating the.
A joint team is still searching for the pilot and passengers of a plane that was reportedly set on fire by an armed group (KKB) in Nduga District, Highland .
Separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region have taken a New Zealand pilot hostage after setting a small commercial plane alight when it landed in a remote highl.