Indonesian Police Say 4 Dead, 1 Missing in Papua Attack

Indonesian riot police take positions as fresh unrest broke out in Indonesia's restive Papua region in provincial capital Jayapura on Sept. 23, 2019. Faisal Narwawan/AFP via Getty Images

JAYAPURA, Indonesia—Indonesian security forces on Saturday recovered the bodies of four construction workers who were killed in a separatist attack in the restive Province of West Papua, police said.

The four men were killed late Thursday when gunmen stormed a government road construction project in remote Meyarga village in Bintuni Bay district, said West Papua Police spokesperson Adam Erwindi.