Indonesia Sends Emergency Aid to Jayawijaya After Conflict Kills 59 and Displaces 2,902
JAKARTA — Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said on October 22 that it has sent emergency aid — food, blankets, mattresses, family kits, tents, boats and radios — to Jayawijaya regency in Highland Papua. A social conflict there, which escalated in mid-May 2026 from a traffic accident and customary-fine dispute, has killed 59 people, seriously injured five and lightly injured 139, displaced 2,902 residents, and damaged 126 homes and 12 traditional honai houses. The provincial governor has extended the emergency status to December 31, 2026, and the response is backed by Presidential Regulation 46/2026.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 雅加达国家纪念塔 / National Monument (Monas), Jakarta。图片：© Rantemario / CC BY-SA 4.0，Wikimedia Commons
