Papuan fighters vow more attacks on Indonesian highway
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Papuan independence fighters are vowing more attacks on a highway that's the Indonesian president's key development project in the troubled easternmost region.
The threat is made in a video purportedly recorded last week in the Nduga area of Papua province's central highlands. It shows about 40 fighters, a few with Indonesian military assault weapons.
In the video, a man standing next to a liberation army commander reads out a statement that taunts the military for being unable to find the Papuan fighters even though they're in the same mountainous area.
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Indonesian forces have poured into Nduga since rebels killed 19 people working on the trans-Papua highway in December. The military says its engineers will build 21 bridges need to complete the highway.