Shooting a Baby in Merauke

On Sunday, May 30, 2010, several police officers tried to arrest a Papuan man in the Transito area, Merauke. They fired some shots. A stray bullet apparently hit Merlina Tanggipaimu in her head, striking her left ear out on the right one. Baby Merlina is only two years old. She died instantly in her wooden hut. Her mother Amelia Biagaimo, 24, was devastated. The police chief in Merauke said, "It