Thousands seek shelter in church-run buildings in Indonesia's Papua after boy shot dead

Church leaders in Indonesia's conflict-wracked Papua region called for calm as thousands fled to shelters after a two-year-old boy was killed in a firefight between government troops and independence-seeking rebels.

Church leaders in Indonesia's conflict-wracked Papua region called for calm Sunday as thousands fled to shelters after a two-year-old boy was killed in a firefight between government troops and independence-seeking rebels.

The restive region at the easternmost edge of the Southeast Asian archipelago has been the scene of intermittent clashes for decades in one of the world's longest-running insurgencies.