Mozes Kilangin International Airport
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Airlines and destinations
| Destinations |
| Airfast Indonesia |
Makassar, Denpasar, Jayapura, Manado |
| Garuda Indonesia |
Denpasar, Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Jayapura, Makassar, Manado, Nabire, Sorong |
| Susi Air |
Alama, Beoga, Jila, Jita, Mapanduma, Paro, Tsinga, Wangbe |
| Sriwijaya Air |
Jayapura, Makassar, Sorong
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1996 shooting incident
Early reports
- Yesterday's slaughter followed the machete killing of two
Indonesian soldiers from the Irian Jaya-based Battalion 752 at the
weekend. Sources said that the two had been hacked to death at the
village of Senawan near Mapnduma, 180 km north-east of Timika, after an
incident involving a local woman. According to one report, the
lieutenant had escorted the two soldier's bodies back to Timika and had
become highly agitated after viewing the remains. Indonesian army
sources said the lieutenant had been suffering from malaria.
- Kopassus detachments, including a section from D-81, had been
deployed to Irian Jaya following the serious rioting in the Timika area
last month. They were part of a group of around 500 extra troops sent in
to restore order after the troubles in which four people died. This was
the second serious incident to occur in Timika in recent weeks. Last
month local tribesmen held Kopassus commander, Brig Gen Prabowo and a
Freeport manager hostage at the airport for several hours until they
were dispersed by Indonesianarmy detachments.
- Yesterday's shooting took place two days after the chairman of
Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold, Mr James Moffett, flew to Timika to
discuss a revised offer of financial assistance from Freeport with local
Irianese leaders. Three weeks ago a number of tribal chiefs living in
the area of Freeport's mining operations called for the closure of the
mine, claiming that the US company had contributed little to welfare of
the local Irianese. The demand was flatly rejected by the Govt in
Jakarta. Last month Mr Moffett promised to review the company's strategy
for dealing with Timika tribespeople. According to unconfirmed reports,
Freeport has offered about $US15 million a year for community training
projects and measures to reduce the environmental impact of the world's
copper and gold mine.[1]
- Two other members of the 752nd Battalion, Sgt. Irkam and Sgt.
Subiyanto, who died because of the GPK Irian Jaya in Senewak village, on
Sunday (4/14) at 12:10 PM Eastern Indonesian time.
- The two members of the Armed Forves was killed by the GPK who disguised themselves as local civilian vegetable vendors.[2]
- An Indonesian military spokesman said Sanurip had recently
returned from a military operation near a gold and copper mine in
Timika, which is operated by the American mining giant Freeport, when he
opened fire. Freeport had been forced to close the mine after three
days of rioting.
- Tribal separatists in Irian Jaya say the mine, which is protected
by Indonesian troops, strips vast profits from the province and returns
little.[3]
Shooting
According to military spokesmen
Kopassus Second Lieutenant
Sanurip, 36, was reprimanded by another officer for being noisy when he
awoke in a hangar that was used by the military as a commando post
since the riots in Timika had erupted. As a reaction to this Sanurip
began firing with his assault rifle at about 7 a.m. He first shot five
other military personnel, including Lieutenant Colonel Adel Gustinigo,
commander of Detachment 81, the counter-terrorist arm of the Indonesian
army's elite special forces, as well as a major and captain, and then
shot indiscriminately at anyone, while running out of the hangar.
[4][5]
Within seconds he killed 16 people – 5 Kopassus officers, 6
ABRI soldiers and 5 civilians, one of them
New Zealander Michael Findlay, a helicopter pilot working for
Airfast
– and injured another 11-13, ten ABRI officers and three civilian/12
were military personnel and the remaining casualty a civil aviation
worker. He was being held in military custody in Timika.
[1][5]
Sanurip was eventually shot in the leg and subdued by other soldiers.
[6]
[7][8][9]
Motive
The motive behind the rampage was not immediately known, though it was suggested that Sanurip was suffering from
depression and was not in a healthy state, perhaps due to a
malaria infection.
[5]
It was further reported that an army transporter, carrying the two
soldiers killed in Mapenduma, made a fuel stop at Timika airport that
morning, and that Sanurip began shooting after seeing their remains and
realising that one of them was a friend of his, though it was stated by
military spokesmen this information was not true and that there was no
connection between the arrival of the bodies and the mass murder.
[4][5][10]
Also repudiated were initial reports that there was a heated argument between Sanurip and his superiors prior to the shooting.
[1] [11]
Victims
Among those killed were:
[2][12][13]
- Lieutenant Colonel Adel Gustimigo, 37, Detachment 81/Kopassus
- Major Gunawan, Detachment 81/Kopassus
- Captain Djatmiko, 328th Airborne Infantry/Kostrad
- Sergeant Major Yaswanto, Kopassus
- First Sergeant Manasye, Komando Rayon Militer
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- Sergeant 2nd class Joko, 752nd Battalion/Kostrad
- Private Kasiyanto, 752nd Battalion/Kostrad
- Private Misdiyono, 752nd Battalion/Kostrad
- Private Mochtar, 752nd Battalion/Kostrad
- Private Rudy, 752nd Battalion
- Private Triyono, 752nd Battalion/Kostrad
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- Antonio Budi Afianto, Airfast technician
- Darmanto
- Michael Findlay, Airfast pilot
- Jimmy Watusile
- Unnamed civilian
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Among those wounded was Airfast employee Sarjito.
[14]
Two Kopassus and one Kostrad treated in Gatot Subroto Civilian in Pondok Indah Four in Jakarta
Aftermath
Sanurip was sentenced to death by a military tribunal in
Jayapura on April 23, 1997.
[15] After the decision was made public
Amnesty International uttered concerns, because the court had rejected evidence regarding Sanurip's mental health.
[16]
The Military High Court in
Surabaya
dismissed his appeal on June 18, 1997, and also discharged him from the
Indonesian Armed Forces and ordered him to pay a nominal court fee,
whereupon he lodged an appeal to the Indonesian Supreme Court.
[17]
He later died in a hospital.
[18]
- A military tribunal has sentenced to death a soldier who went on a
shooting rampage in which he killed 16 people in Irian Jaya last year.
- A military tribunal rejected the defence that Second Lieutenant Sanurip was suffering from malaria-induced depression
- The defence said Sanurip, who collapsed when the sentence was
passed, would appeal. Military experts said it would be the first
execution by firing squad of a soldier in almost three decades and that
it reflected Indonesia's wish to avoid diplomatic tension with New
Zealand and Australia, where Mr Finlay's family lives.[3]
References
14 shot dead as Indonesian officer runs amok, The Australian (April 16, 1996)
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Six Victims of Timika Shooting Buried in Sorong, Indonesia Media Network (April 17, 1996)
Soldier to face firing squad in Indonesia, The Age (April 24, 1997)
Musibah di Timika, Kompas (April 16, 1996)
ABRI Officer Kills 15 in Timika, Kompas (April 17, 1996)
"14 die in gun battle at New Guinea airport". San Francisco Chronicle. 1996-04-15. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
"Soldier kills 14 in Indonesian airport". The Independent. 1996-04-16. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
"16 people killed in Indonesian shooting". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 1996-04-15. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
"15 killed, 12 injured in gun attack". The Irish Times. 1996-04-16. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
"Jarkarta probes killing of 15 in Irian Jaya". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 1996-04-17. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
Jakarta names NZ pilot killed in shooting, The Australian (April 17, 1996)
Kopassus Berkabung, Bendera Setengah Tiang Berkibar di Tengah Republika (April 18, 1997)
Anggota ABRI Yang Tewas Dimakamkan di Irian Jaya, Kompas (April 17, 1996)
Penembak di Timika, Kemungkinan Pelaku Sudah Dibawa Ke Jakarta Republika (April 18, 1996)
"Pena de muerte". Amnesty International. 1997-04-25. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
Death penalty, Amnesty International (April 25, 1997)
Death Penalty Appeal in Timika Case, Amnesty International (September 18, 1997)
