Ten more killed in fresh clashes in Aceh<\/p>\n
Ibnu Mat Noor, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh<\/p>\n
At least 10 people were killed in a series of incidents in the
\nprovince of Aceh on Tuesday, an official and humanitarian
\nactivist said in the capital of Banda Aceh on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Indonesian Military (TNI) spokesman for Aceh's Security and
\nOrder Operation Maj. Zaenal Mutaqin, said that two of the 10
\nfatalities were members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) who were
\nkilled in a armed clash in Pasi Teubesi village in Teunom
\ndistrict, West Aceh.<\/p>\n
\"We retrieved a Korea-made grenade from the two casualties,\"
\nthe officer said.<\/p>\n
In East Aceh, a body of a man aged around 25-years-old was
\nfound with his throat slit in Rabatu Pauh village of Rantau
\nSelamat district in West Aceh on Tuesday, the officer said,
\nadding that the body had been taken to Langsa General Hospital.<\/p>\n
Two more corpses were found in a social project area in
\nSyamtalira Bayu district of North Aceh; one of whom was later
\nidentified as Saiful, 21, a resident of Lebok Tuwe Jungka Gajah
\nvillage while the other man remained unidentified.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) also removed four bodies, all
\nbearing gunshot wounds, from the sites of several incidents on
\nTuesday, humanitarian activist Arahman Djuli said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a retired military officer, 58-year-old Marzuki
\nAhmad who was once chief of Lhoknga Military Battalion in Aceh
\nBesar was shot dead by two gunmen riding a motorbike in
\nLampeunerut village around 15 kilometers south of Banda Aceh on
\nTuesday morning.<\/p>\n
The military suspect that GAM was behind the killing, but
\nGAM's spokesman in Banda Aceh, Ayah Sofyan, quickly rebuffed the
\naccusation. \"The killing may have been done by the military
\nthemselves,\" Ayah charged.<\/p>\n
Officer Zaenal also said that on Tuesday afternoon GAM rebels
\ntossed a grenade at a security post guarded by the Police Mobile
\nBrigade (Brimob) in Krueng Geukeuh market in North Aceh, injuring
\nfour people.<\/p>\n
The military also managed to capture two GAM members, one in
\nNorth Aceh and one in Aceh Besar, he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, GAM spokesman in East Aceh, Ishak Daud, claimed
\nthat on Tuesday rebels had attacked a convoy of Brimob troops in
\nPeureulak village. He said there were many victims. Police
\nsources confirmed the attack, but said only a few people suffered
\nminor injuries as the police truck slipped into a ditch and there
\nwas no gunfire.<\/p>\n
Violence in Aceh has intensified in the past few days. During
\nthe first eight days of 2002, at least 30 people have been killed
\nin various incidents in the restive province.<\/p>\n
GAM rebels have been engaged in guerrilla warfare since the
\nmid-1970s in an attempt to create an independent Islamic state,
\ndistinct from Indonesia, which is the world's most populous
\nMuslim country.<\/p>\n
Thousands have died, mostly civilians, in the conflicts
\nbetween security forces and the separatist rebels.<\/p>",
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