Female rebels killed, captured

Female rebels killed, captured

BANDA ACEH, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam: The military claimed on
Saturday that it had captured eight members of the Free Aceh
Movement (GAM) in the districts of Aceh Jaya, West Aceh, Bireuen
and Pidie.

Two of the suspected rebels were women, known as inong balee.

"They were captured in a series of firefights and raids
launched by troops against some of their hideouts," a spokesman
for the military operation, Lt. Col. Ahmad Yani Basuki, said on
Sunday.

"One of the captured inong balee was identified as Erlisman,
who is the wife of a rebel from Bunta village, Krueng Sabee
subdistrict, Aceh Jaya district, while another one died of
gunshots she sustained.

It was also reported that two of other rebels rounded up by
the troops came from Sabah Lueng village, Kuta Makmur, in North
Aceh, while the rest were residents of Gelanggang Teungoh
village, Bireuen district.

Yani said the military also shot dead three other rebels in an
exchange of fire in Lamkuta/Blang Pidie village, Southwest Aceh
regency on Friday. One of them was a female fighter.

"The three casualties have not yet been identified as they had
no identity cards," Yani said. -- Antara