Two shot in mine ambush

GUNMEN have shot and wounded two employees of US company Freeport as their bus travelled along a road to the world's largest gold mine in eastern Indonesia.
The two miners were hit yesterday when the security-escorted bus carrying 60 employees was attacked in restive West Papua province, police spokesman Agus Rianto said. The injured men were in stable condition after being taken to a hospital.

''A group of unidentified men ambushed Freeport's bus,'' said Mr Rianto.

''Police are still searching for the perpetrators who ran into the dense jungle.''

Freeport has been targeted in a string of shootings since mid-July that have left three dead.

On July 11, gunmen using military-issue weapons killed Freeport's Australian project manager, 29-year-old Melbourne man Drew Grant.

Source: AP

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