10 more die in Aceh war

10 more die in Aceh war

BANDA ACEH: Adj. Brig. Syarifuddin was killed by unidentified
gunmen and 10 others, presumed to be civilians were killed on
Wednesday and Thursday in strife-torn Aceh.

Syarifuddin was on his way from his office to his home in
Lhokseumawe, North Aceh, early on Thursday.

Adj. Sr. Comr. D. Achmad, spokesman for the Aceh Provincial
Police, said here on Thursday that Syarifuddin died after being
shot eight times. His body was recovered in the Mon Geudong area
of Lhokseumawe.

Witnesses said he was shot dead by two gunmen on a motorcycle
who escaped after firing several other rounds skyward.

Syarifuddin was buried in Krueng Mane, Muara Dua Subdistrict
in the regency.

Separately, social workers discovered nine bodies in two
separate places in the province on Wednesday.

Six bodies were discovered in a sawmill in Alue Jambe Village
in Nagan Raya Regency and two of the bodies were identified as
Muhammad Syam, 42, head of the Ia Memeh Village, and Salam, 42,
head of a neighborhood community unit in Ia Memeh.

The social workers from the local chapter of the Red Cross
also recovered three other bodies from Agoi Village in Seunagan
Timur Subdistrict.

Neither side has claimed responsibility for the murders.

Meanwhile, twelve activists from the Democratic Front for Aceh
Resistance who were arrested for possession of antigovernment
pamphlets, were released on Thursday after reportedly paying Rp 1
million each to the police. --JP