West Papua: Indonesian Army Accused of Using Banned Chemical Weapon.

A picture published in the Australian newspaper ‘The Saturday Paper’ shows what appears to be a man suffering from severe leg injuries from white phosphorous. The internationally banned chemical weapon is a substance that burns through skin and bones leaving the victim with little chance of survival. The chemical is said to have been used in an assault on a village, which left seven dead and thousands displaced. The crackdown on West Papua by the Indonesia has intensified increasingly throughout December. The article below was published by  The Saturday Paper There are burns around the wounds. The flesh appears to have been torn open or burrowed into, the victims’ clothing melted or cut away. At least seven are dead. Thousands more have fled into the hills. These are the first images of a major operation being conducted by the Indonesian military in the central highlands of West Papua. Other photographs show yellow-tipped bombs, collected by villagers. Some weapons appea...