At least one person was killed as Indonesia's Papua region plunged into fresh unrest Monday, the military said, as protesters burned down a government office and other buildings in Wamena city.
Another demonstration erupted in the provincial capital Jayapura, where security forces fired warning shots above stone-throwing protesters at a university, according to an AFP reporter on the scene. Indonesia routinely blames separatists for violence in Papua, its easternmost territory, and conflicting accounts are common.
Earlier Monday, authorities said the situation had been brought under control in Wamena, while an AFP reporter there said Internet service had been cut.
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