Four killed in restive Aceh

Four killed in restive Aceh

Ibnu Mat Noor, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh

At least three people were killed and three others injured in an
assault launched by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Aceh Singkil
regency, on Tuesday, while the body of an unidentified man was
discovered in Tapak Tuan, West Aceh, on the same day.

Lt. Col. Agus Permana, chief of the South Aceh Military
Subdistrict, told The Jakarta Post by telephone on Wednesday that
Yasmianto, 40, Budori, 45, and Rasdi, 50, all of whom were
Javanese transmigrants, were killed when dozens of rebels
attacked their village in Sultan Daulat subdistrict, while
Achmad, 52, Ujang, 22, and Samifan, 45, all of whom were wounded
during the incident, were still undergoing intensive medical
treatment in Sabulussalam public health center.

He said the local military was still pursuing the rebels who
attacked the transmigrants, and would step up security for
resettlement areas in the regency.

Separately, Khairul, an Indonesian Red Cross staffer in West
Aceh, said that he, along with other villagers, had recovered the
body of an unidentified man from a deep ravine near Tapaktuan,
West Aceh, on Tuesday.

More than 1,200 civilians have been killed following the
deployment of 15 battalions of troops and police personnel last
January to put down a separatist revolt by GAM in the province.