Papua rebels release videos showing kidnapped NZ pilot alive

Papua Rebels Release Videos Showing Kidnapped New Zealand Pilot Alive

JAYAPURA, Indonesia—Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s Papua Province released more photos and videos Friday appearing to show the New Zealand pilot they took hostage last month alive. In a video distributed Friday by rebel spokesperson Sebby Sambom, a man wearing a blue jacket is identified as Philip Mark Mehrtens of Christchurch, a pilot for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air who was abducted by independence fighters from the West Papua Libera…

Kidnapped New Zealand pilot alive in video by Papua rebels

The man in the video is identified as Philip Mark Mehrtens of Christchurch, a pilot for Indonesia’s Susi Air, who was abducted by the West Papua Liberation Army – he was reading a statement from a piece of paper.

Papua rebels release videos showing kidnapped NZ pilot alive

Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s Papua province released more photos and videos Friday appearing to show the New Zealand pilot they took hostage last month alive. On Feb. 6, the armed

Papua rebels release videos showing kidnapped NZ pilot alive

Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s Papua province released more photos and videos Friday appearing to show the New Zealand pilot they took hostage last month alive

Papua rebels release videos showing kidnapped NZ pilot alive

By ALFIAN KARTONO and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s Papua province released more photos and videos Friday appearing to show the New Zealand pilot they took hostage last month alive. On Feb. 6, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, the West Papua Liberation Army, stormed Philip Mark Mehrtens’ single-engine plane shortly after it landed on a small, remote runway. Flying is the only p…

Papua rebels release videos showing kidnapped New Zealand pilot alive

Separatist rebels in Indonesia's Papua province released more photos and videos Friday appearing to show the New Zealand pilot they took hostage last month alive.