Indonesia denies using white phosphorous in West Papua

Angry response comes after newspaper claims chemical weapon was used in the remote region of Nduga

Indonesian authorities have angrily denied allegations of a white phosphorus attack on villagers in West Papua during a military operation this month.

The statement came after the Australian weekly the Saturday Paper published a photograph of a West Papuan villager with severe burns and a wounded leg and attributed the injuries to the use of white phosphorous.

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