TNI identifies peacekeeper's suspected killer<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Military (TNI) is searching for
\nJacobus Bere, who is suspected of killing a New Zealand member of
\nthe United Nations peacekeeping force in East Timor in July, an
\nofficer said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The head of the Udayana Military Command overseeing Nusa
\nTenggara and Bali, Maj. Gen. Kiki Sjahnakrie, told The Jakarta
\nPost by phone that a group of TNI soldiers wounded Jacobus during
\nan exchange of gunfire following a raid on a group of criminals
\nin the West Timor village of Nanoe, near the border with East
\nTimor, on Friday last week.<\/p>\n
\"Unfortunately, the troops failed to capture Jacobus, who
\nescaped into the forest near the location,\" Kiki said, adding
\nthat the TNI soldiers took into custody three of Jacobus'
\nassociates during the raid.<\/p>\n
The New Zealand peacekeeper, Pvt. Leonard Manning, was shot
\ndead when he and other New Zealand troops were tracking a group
\nof unidentified armed men in the rugged East Timor town of Fato
\nMean, about two kilometers from the Indonesian border.<\/p>\n
Kiki denied that Jacobus was a prointegration militia member.
\n\"He is a criminal from West Timor who is trying to benefit from
\nthe tension along the border,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The TNI soldiers found Manning's rifle near the site where
\nFriday's clash took place. (02)<\/p>",
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