Aceh violence kills eight more people<\/p>\n
Agence France-Presse, Banda Aceh, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam<\/p>\n
Three suspected separatist rebels have been shot dead in Nanggroe
\nAceh Darussalam and residents have found five other bodies with
\ngunshot wounds, the military said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The three suspected members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM)
\nwere shot dead during a raid by soldiers and police at Batiya in
\nNorth Aceh on Monday, said military spokesman Lt. Col. Ahmad Yani
\nBasuki.<\/p>\n
He said residents found the bodies of four men, all with
\ngunshot wounds, in two separate locations at Julok in East Aceh
\non Monday. The corpse of a young man with a gunshot wound was
\nfound the same day at Idi Rayeuk in East Aceh.<\/p>\n
Two armed men suspected of belonging to GAM abducted a local
\npublic figure at Peukan Baro in Pidie district late Monday, Yani
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Two guerrillas surrendered to the military at Darussalam in
\nAceh Besar district the same day, he added.<\/p>\n
The military says more than 900 GAM rebels have been killed
\nsince a major operation began on May 19 to crush the movement.
\nSixty-six members of the security forces have died.<\/p>\n
More than 1,800 other rebels have been arrested or have
\nsurrendered in the operation.<\/p>\n
The military has also said that some 304 civilians have died
\nbut did not say who was responsible for the deaths.<\/p>",
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