A Freeport security guard, identified as Markus Rattealo, was shot dead while in the car together with police officers in Papua, Indonesia, at 7:00 a.m. local time (2200 GMT Saturday) on Sunday.

That was the second murder only one day after the shooting of an Australian working at Freeport McMoran mine in Mimika, Papua.

The Jakarta Post quoted a police source as saying that an unidentified assailants sprayed bullets against a vehicle carrying the police's mobile brigades and anti-terror personnel as well as Freeport security guards at Mile 51 in Kuala Kencara district, near the site where Australian Drew Nicholas Grant was shot dead on Saturday.

Indonesian National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Sulistyo Ishak confirmed the incident and said that the police had deployed reinforcement team consisting personnel from Timika Police office, Papua provincial police force and the National Police.

"After the incident, our anti-terror team Densus 88 had a gun battle with the unknown gunmen," Ishak added.

On the other hand, about 20 suspected Free Papua Movement members attacked a police station in Kampung Yapan, Papua, at 2:00p.m. local time (0500 GMT), Indonesian news portal Detik.com reported. By now, local police has detained four of them, including a woman.

Source: Xinhua