| Tragedy of Kulu Hun | |
| Location: | Dili, East Timor |
| Date: | 18 November 2018 |
| Type: | Shooting and police brutality |
| Fatalities: | 3 |
| Injuries: | 5 |
| Perpetrators: | National Police officer José Mina and three anonymous officers |
The Kulu Hun shooting also known as the tragedy of Kulu Hun or the 2018 Dili shooting was the killing of three young men at a party in Dili, East Timor committed by a off-duty police officer José Mina in November 2018.
In the early morning of 18 November 2018, José Mina and three other officers who were all plain clothes and had all been drinking, were attending a kore metan hosted by a colleague of theirs.[1] Just after midnight two men started arguing, and the officers attempted to intervene however a power outage occurred, Mina then stood on a bench and began firing his service pistol into the darkness, killing three 18-year-old men: Leonildo "Leo" Eduardo Ximenes Sequeira, Luis Quevin Saldanha Belo and Erick Joni Robertus Bria. Five others were seriously injured.[2] [3] [4]
The shooting sparked outrage at the National Police, and the day after the shooting protests erupted in Dili.[5] [6]