2024 Gome torture scandal

2024 Gome torture scandal
Part of the Papua conflict
LocationOmukia, Puncak Regency, Indonesia
Date3–6 February 2024
Attack type
Accidental killing (claimed), dragging (alleged), beating, stabbing, water torture, and hate crime
Victims
  • Warnius Murib
  • Defianus Kogoya
  • Alianus Murib
PerpetratorKodam III/Siliwangi, 300th Raider Infantry Battalion/Brajawijaya
MotiveCounter-insurgency (claimed), and racism (alleged)
Convicted13 elite soldiers

The 2024 Gome torture scandal or the Omukia torture scandal refers to the torture of two alleged members of the Free Papua Movement and the death of another in Omukia village, Gome district, on 3 February 2024. Later in March two videos surfaced showing one of the men, Defianus Kogoya being tortured in a barrel drum went viral and caused major criticism by West Papuans and human rights defenders.