Sun, Jan 15, 2006 - Page 5 News List

Man admits role in Papua slayings

GUILTY PARTY A Papuan man admitted his role in the killing of two teachers, and told FBI agents that three Indonesian troops may also have taken part

NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , JAKARTA

The FBI agents hustled the men into a windowless truck.

"The car was driven at high speeds," said Wanmang. The FBI agents sat in front.

"When we stopped, when the car door opened, there was a group of police waiting," he added.

The US embassy declined to comment on the circumstances of their capture, or about Wamang's assertion that the military may have been involved in the teachers' killings.

None of the men have been charged with crimes, except Wamang, who has been indicted in the US on two counts of murder and eight counts of attempted murder.

Eight US citizens were wounded in the ambush, and an Indonesian teacher was killed, along with the two US teachers.

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