8 Oct 2019

Call for Jihadis to go to Papua following unrest

From , 6:02 am on 8 October 2019

Jihadis are being encouraged to go and fight in West Papua by Indonesian Muslim hardliners.

Front Jihad Islam issued a call to arms in the Indonesia-ruled Papuan provinces after non-Papuan settlers were among the victims of recent violence there.

Unrest has surged in the region since August, including a day of rioting and violence in the Highlands city of Wamena  two weeks ago when about thirty people were killed.

Johnny Blades reports.

Indonesia's Front Jihad Islam looks to recruit jihadis to take up arms in West Papua

Indonesia's Front Jihad Islam looks to recruit jihadis to take up arms in West Papua Photo: Supplied