Separatist fighters in Indonesia's restive Papua region have captured a pilot from New Zealand and are holding him hostage after setting fire to his plane, the group said in a statement.
Separatist fighters in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have captured a pilot from New Zealand and are holding him hostage after setting fire to his plane, the group said in a statement. The pilot, identified by local police as Philip Merthens, was captured after landing a commercial charter flight at Paro Airport in the remote highlands of the Nduga regency on Tuesday.
The Indonesian government designates the TPNPB as a terrorist group. New Zealand government officials told CNN they were “aware of the situation involving a New Zealand pilot in Papua” and that the New Zealand embassy in Jakarta was providing consular support to the family. Susi Air founder Susi Pudjiastuti said on Twitter that she was praying for the safety of the pilot and the passengers.
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