Six schools torched in Aceh<\/p>\n
BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Six schools were burned down on Sunday in
\nseparate places in Kluet Utara subdistrict, Aceh Selatan regency,
\nwith police claiming on Monday that the arson attacks had been
\nperpetrated by an Acehnese insurgent group.<\/p>\n
Indonesian security force officials estimated that the arson
\nattacks, which took place some 500 kilometers away from the
\ncapital Banda Aceh, had cost the state hundreds of millions of
\nrupiahs.<\/p>\n
The torched schools comprised five elementary schools and a
\njunior high school, including SD Simpang Lhe, SD Pantee, SD Limau
\nParut, SD Krueng Batu and SMP Kuala Batu.<\/p>\n
\"This is an effort perpetrated by the armed group to keep the
\nlocal people in Aceh ignorant,\" the Security Restoration
\nOperation's deputy for information, Commr. Miyanto, told
\nreporters in Banda Aceh as quoted by Antara on Monday.<\/p>\n
Miyanto added that an unidentified armed group had shot HM
\nYasin Ishak, a keuchik (village leader) from Keude Krueng Geukeuh
\nvillage, Dewantara subdistrict, North Aceh regency, as the 50-
\nyear-old was having his hair cut.<\/p>\n
Yasin was promptly admitted to Cut Meutia Hospital in
\nLhokseumawe, some 270 kilometers east of Banda Aceh. His life was
\nable to be saved as the bullet could be extracted from his body.
\n-- Antara<\/p>",
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