Battle of Mugi (2019)
| Battle of Mugi (2019) | |||||||
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| Part of Papua conflict | |||||||
Location of Nduga Regency in Indonesian Papua | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Indonesia | West Papua National Liberation Army | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 3rd Regional Defence Commando | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 25 | 50–70 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Indonesian claim: 3 killed 2 helicopters damaged TPNPB claim: 5 killed |
Indonesian claim: 7–10 killed TPNPB claim: None | ||||||
The Battle of Mugi was fought between the Indonesian Army (TNI-AD) and the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) on 7 March 2019 in Mugi District, Nduga Regency, Papua province, Indonesia. The attack, which killed three Indonesian military personnel and 7-10 TPNPB militants, is the single deadliest military engagement in Indonesia in 2019, and was the deadliest single military engagement in Operation Nemangkawi until surpassed by the 2021 Maybrat attack.