Indonesian police have arrested twelve people over an alleged terrorist plot for a series of attacks in West Papua.
The suspected terrorists were arrested in the Merauke Regency of Papua, the far south east corner of the Indonesian republic, close to international borders with both Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Johnny Blades unpacked what we know about the situation for Pacific Waves.
Indonesia's Papua region: the provinces of West Papua and Papua Photo: RNZ
Meanwhile, Indonesia's government has recently formally designated West Papuan independence fighters as "terrorists".
