THE West Papua National Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the fatal shooting of an Indonesian soldier in Papua province on Tuesday.

The shooting took place at a market in Sinak in Papua’s Puncak Jaya regency.

A Highlands-based Defense Region Command of the rebel group, which says it is waging a war for West Papuan independence from Indonesia, made a statement about the attack.

A spokesperson confirmed a team of Liberation Army fighters shot the soldier dead.