The task force picked up Mehrtens in a village of Nduga district this morning, according to security officers.

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from captivity after more than 19 months following his abduction by Indonesian rebels early last year.

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens freed 19 months after being kidnapped by armed Indonesia separatists - Pilot speaks ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been released from captivity by rebels in Indonesia's restive Papua region and is in ...

Independence fighters led by Egianus Kogoya, a regional commander in the Free Papua Movement, stormed a single-engine plane ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been released from captivity by rebels in Indonesia's restive Papua region and is in ...

A joint task force of police and military forces collected Philip Mehrtens in a village of Nduga district early Saturday ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has finally been freed, almost 20 months after he was taken hostage by separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papuan highlands.

An Indonesian military official said that Phillip Mehrtens had lost a lot of weight but didn't appear to suffer any ...

The Papua Police announced that New Zealand pilot Mark Mehrtens, recently freed from the Free Papua Movement's (OPM's) ...

A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia has been freed by separatist ...

Papua was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 under a United Nations-sponsored ballot that was widely seen as a sham.