Inp.polri.go.id - Jayapura. The body of Irwan, a 25-year-old motorcycle driver, was shot by an unidentified assailant on Tuesday (22/3/23) in Illaga, Puncak Regency, had been flown to Timika using Cessna airplane 208B Grand Caravan AMA/PK-RKB.

Police Senior Superintendent Ignatius Benny Ady Prabowo, the Head of the Public Relations Division of Papua Regional Police, said that the victim was shot at a close range, resulting in fatal injuries.

"The victim died from gunshot wounds inflicted by a handheld firearm on the right side of the chest, which penetrated the middle of the back," he said in a statement on Thursday (23/3/23).

The victim's body was embalmed at the Regional General Hospital of Mimika Regency. His family has expressed their wish to have him buried in his hometown.

"The victim's family has arranged for his burial in Laikang Village, Ma'rang District, Pangkajene, South Sulawesi. A Batik Air plane will transport the body," he said.

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