Three dead in Aceh shooting<\/p>\n
BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Three people, including two soldiers, were
\nkilled in Aceh in a drive-by shooting.<\/p>\n
\"Two soldiers, identified as Cpl. Rustam and Cpl. P. Hutasoit
\nwere shot dead when gunmen opened fire from a passing vehicle in
\nJuli Kedai Dua, Bireun regency on Wednesday,\" chief of infantry
\nbattalion 113\/Jayasakti Lt. Col. Erda Bachtiar said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The two soldiers died instantly and a resident named Umar Sidi
\nwas also killed during the pursuit of the gunmen. There was no
\ninformation reported about how he died.<\/p>\n
Not long after the shooting, houses and shops in the area were
\nset on fire. Several residents said that the arson was committed
\nby security forces searching for the gunmen.<\/p>\n
North Aceh police chief Adj. Comr. Wanto Sumardi blamed
\nseparatist rebels from the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) for the
\nshooting.<\/p>\n
But North Aceh GAM commander, Teungku Darwis Djeunib, denied
\nhis men were to blame.<\/p>\n
\"All (our) troops have been pulled back to the base since Jan.
\n16. I think the attack was the result of an internal dispute
\nbetween police and military,\" Darwis said.<\/p>\n
\"The decision to withdraw our troops is in line with orders
\nfrom GAM leadership overseas. GAM troops are not allowed to leave
\n(their base) or to engage in violence,\" he said, adding that GAM
\nwas trying to comply with the moratorium on violence signed in
\nSwitzerland recently. (50\/edt)<\/p>",
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