New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens freed by Papua rebels - BBC
WEB1 day ago · Philip Mehrtens was kidnapped by West Papua National Liberation Army fighters in February 2023 and was released after lengthy negotiations into the care of Indonesian officials on Saturday. He ...
New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens freed by Papua rebels
WEB1 day ago · Philip Mehrtens was kidnapped by West Papua National Liberation Army fighters in February 2023 and was released after lengthy negotiations into the care of Indonesian officials on Saturday. He ...
New Zealand pilot freed after being held captive for 19 months
WEB1 day ago · JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed Saturday by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air when he was abducted by rebels from a …
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens freed in Indonesia after 19 …
WEB1 day ago · Phillip Mehrtens has finally been freed almost 20 months after he was taken hostage by separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papuan highlands. The 38-year-old father of one was picked up by ...
Nduga hostage crisis - Wikipedia
WEBPhillip Mark Mehrtens, a New Zealander pilot, was taken hostage by the Free Papua Movement (OPM) on 7 February 2023 when his plane was attacked in Nduga Regency, Indonesia. The OPM demanded West Papuan independence and threatened to kill him unless their demands were met.
New Zealand pilot freed from captivity in Indonesia's Papua
WEB1 day ago · 21 Sep 2024 01:26PM. JAKARTA: New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been released from captivity by rebels in Indonesia's restive region of Papua and was in good health despite the 19-month-long ...
New Zealand pilot kidnapping exposes Indonesia’s Papua ‘hotspot’
WEBJun 5, 2023 · When Phillip Mehrtens landed his single-propeller Pilatus plane on the runway in Paro in the highlands of Papua, it was supposed to be a quick turnaround. He would drop off his five passengers –...
New Zealand pilot kidnapping: Indonesia's West Papua conflict ... - BBC
WEBPhilip Mehrtens, 37, was taken hostage by West Papua National Liberation Army fighters (TPNPB) in February. The rebels have been holding him captive as a political prisoner in the remote...
Video released of captured NZ pilot by Papua separatists - BBC
WEBFeb 14, 2023 · Separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region have released video footage of a New Zealand pilot taken hostage seven days ago. Philip Mehrtens was kidnapped after landing his plane in Papua's...
'Today, I am free': New Zealand pilot released by rebels in …
WEB1 day ago · A joint task force of police and military forces collected Philip Mehrtens in a village of Nduga district early Saturday before he was given medical and psychological checks and flown to the Papuan city of Timika, said the unit’s head Faizal Ramadhani read more New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens ...
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