Jayapura, Papua, July 4 -- The repatriation of the body of Nicholas F. Goselin, an American pilot killed in Papua, is being facilitated by the United States Embassy in Jakarta, according to an official of PT Associated Mission Aviation (AMA).

Goselin, who had been flying with the aviation mission for three years, was one of 16 pilots employed by the company.

"We have flown Nicholas' body to Jakarta on a GIA (Garuda Indonesia Airways), and the US Embassy will handle the subsequent arrangements," President Director of PT AMA Bob Kayadu told ANTARA here on Saturday.

The pilot was fatally shot in an attack by an armed criminal group (KKB) in Sobaham Subdistrict, Yahukimo District, Papua Pegunungan Province, on Thursday (July 2).

He was pi...