The Government of Indonesia welcomes the result of a joint investigation conducted by the Indonesian government and the US administrators on the abhorrent attack against several innocent people in Timika on 31 August 2002. The result found that the perpetrators of the attack were Anthonius Wamang, one of the commanders of the self-proclaimed Papuan National Troops (TPN), along with 14 other members of the Free Papua Organization (OPM). Wamang and his men armed with M-16, SS1 and Mouser attacked a convoy of buses carrying the workers of PT Freeport Indonesia, a US gold and copper mining company operating in Timika, leaving two Americans and an Indonesian dead as well as nine others injured.

The attack was not only aimed at disrupting the operations of PT Freeport Indonesia but also at discrediting the image of Indonesian government in the world. The investigation also affirmed that the Indonesian military personnel were not involved in the attack.

The Indonesian government has committed to bringing those responsible to justice.