Jayapura, Papua, Sept. 28 -- Indonesian security forces evacuated four gold panners who survived an armed rebel attack at an illegal mining site in Bingki, Yahukimo District, in Papua Highlands Province.

The survivors had hidden in the forest after the attack by a separatist armed group (KKB) that killed two of their companions on Sunday (September 21), Papua police said on Saturday.

"Joint TNI/Polri personnel evacuated the four survivors who ran and hid in the Bingki forest after the KKB attack that killed two panners," said Papua Police Spokesperson Senior Commissioner Cahyo Sukarnito.

The rescued miners were identified as Berty, Bakri Laode, Febri, and Tarim Baroba. They were taken to the Yahukimo District Police headquarters in Dek...