48 houses torched in Aceh<\/p>\n
BANDA ACEH, Aceh: At least 48 houses in three separate
\nregencies of West, North and East Aceh were set ablaze by armed
\nrebels in the past two days, a police officer claimed on Monday.<\/p>\n
The spokesman of the police's Cinta Meunasah III operation,
\nAdj. Sr. Comr. Sad Harun, estimated the fire had caused a total
\nof Rp 1 billion in financial losses.<\/p>\n
He said the arson perpetrators were members of the separatist
\nFree Aceh Movement (GAM).<\/p>\n
Sad Harun said some 20 houses were burned in the village of
\nSimpang Balek in Bukit district in Central Aceh regency on
\nSaturday during which a resident, Tasmin, 35, was shot dead by
\nthe armed group.<\/p>\n
In North Aceh, around 20 houses in Hagu Barat Laut village in
\nBanda Sakti district and also a local labor and transmigration
\nagency office were torched by the armed rebels in the early hours
\nof Sunday.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile in West Aceh, the rebels torched six houses
\nbelonging to migrant settlers in Lhok Sari in Kaway district,
\nAntara reported.<\/p>",
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