OPM Member Sergeant Alfons Killed Following Shootout with TNI

A member of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) named Sergeant Alfons Sorri was killed following a shootout with TNI soldiers. The firefight occurred during a search operation after two TNI Navy (AL) soldiers were killed in Maybrat Regency, Southwest Papua. Citing detikSulsel on Thursday (26/3/2026), Alfons was the Deputy Commander of Operations for the Buaya Battalion-Kodap IV Sorong Raya. The shootout between Alfons and the security forces took place in Sori Village, South Aifat District, Maybrat, on Sunday (22/3). “According to the information stated by them (OPM), it is indeed true. The information we received from below is as such (Sergeant Alfons Sorri was killed),” said the Head of Information for the XVIII/Kasuari Military Region, Lieutenant Colonel Infantry J Daniel P Manalu. However, Daniel dismissed rumours that Alfons’s body is being held by TNI personnel. Nevertheless, he said he would only confirm the location of Alfons’s body later. “So if anyone says the body is still being held by the TNI, that is not true. Why would it be held,” he stressed. Previously, it was reported that two TNI AL soldiers were killed in a shootout in Sori Village, South Aifat District, Maybrat, on Sunday (22/3) around 07:00 WIT. The fallen victims were Marine Private Elki Saputra and Marine Private Andi Suvio. The injured victim was Marine Corporal Eko Sutikno.