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Mob in Indonesia destroy health centre after locals blame vaccine for death of village elder

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Security forces fired shots to regain control after locals destroyed a health centre on 17 December, convinced the vaccine it was administering had killed a village elder.

The atmosphere in Ransiki District of South Manokwari Regency in West Papua Province became tense after a mob became angry over the death of local village head Alpius Iba.

Alpius died after being injected with vaccine although it is unclear if it played any role in his death. Statisticians note that people die after carrying out all sorts of harmless activities and that this does not prove causation.

Trust in authorities is low in West Papua, a restive province which has a long-running separatist conflict with the Indonesian government.

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