As employees of miner PT Freeport Indonesia returned to work after their three-month strike, two men working for a contractor for the company were killed…The van they were driving was set on fire with the bodies inside…The two were working for PT Kuala Pelabuhan Indonesia (KPI), a contractor for…Freeport McMoRan…Freeport spokesman Ramdani Sirait confirmed the incident and said there were signs of gunshots on the exterior of the victims’ van. “Freeport security personnel and the police are still investigating the shooting,” he said…Shootings around the Freeport site have intensified since April last year, with more than 12 people dead…The violence escalated after Freeport’s workers staged a strike last September demanding higher pay. Between October and late November there were at least eight fatal incidents…The workers ended their strike on Dec. 26 following the company’s agreement to raise their salaries by 39 percent. However, the return to work was delayed because KPI wanted to impose sanctions on around 500 employees who had joined the strike.