Day 5: Conflict in Aceh

Sat, 24 May 2003

Pidie: Three suspected GAM members were killed in a gunfight with government troops in Butee village, Muara district, Pidie. The previous night, one GAM rebel was killed in Pisang village, Sakti district.

North Aceh: Two rebels were killed and two others arrested during a raid on a GAM hideout in Raya Rebo Timur village, Sawang district.

Aceh Besar: Army and Marine forces occupied four of eight GAM posts on Nasi Island, Aceh Island district. No casualties were reported.

Banda Aceh One soldier was injured in a grenade attack on a TNI post in Banda Aceh.

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