Four more bodies found in Aceh
Four more bodies found in Aceh
BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Four more bodies with severe wounds
were found on Wednesday in separate locations across the troubled
province of Aceh, according to security officers, a medical
source and an activist.
An unidentified woman was found in Ujong Mangki village of
Bakongan district, South Aceh.
Medical staffer Sukardi of the local hospital said that her
body bore sadistic wounds.
In the northern part of the province, villagers at Kuala Ulee
Rubek in Seunuddon district found a human head in a paddy field.
"I believe that the victim was murdered three days ago,
probably by GAM," North Aceh Police Precinct chief Supt. Abadan
Bangko said, referring to the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels.
Separately, North Aceh GAM spokesman Abu Sofyan Daud said he
received reports from villagers saying that the victim,
identified as 32-year-old Wamar Jalil, had been arrested by
military officers last week.
In East Aceh regency, humanitarian activist Muh. Yusuf
disclosed on Wednesday the discovery of the body of a 40-year-old
villager, Nurdin Yacob, in Paya Deumam village, Simpang Ulim
district.
"He was arrested by soldiers on Monday and nobody knew what
happened to him or his whereabouts until this morning," he said.
An activist with the Aceh-based National Commission for
Missing Person and Victims of Violence, Zulfikar, said he had
sent a letter of protest to East Aceh Police Precinct chief Supt.
Abdullah Hayati over the illegal arrest of Nurdin Yacob and
subsequent death.
Separately, a military officer, who refused to be named,
disclosed that there was a gunfight between security officers and
GAM rebels on Wednesday in Ujong Sikuneng village, Darul Makmur
district in West Aceh regency, leaving one resident, Tengku
Wahidin, dead.
In an unrelated development, three days of torrential rain has
flooded several public facilities in the capital of Banda Aceh,
including Zainoel Abidin General Hospital and the Provincial
Legislative compound, which has been accommodating at least
10,000 refugees.
The villagers fled their homes last Sunday over fears of more
gunfights between security officers and GAM rebels.
Most of the main streets in the downtown were paralyzed as the
water level reportedly reached 80 centimeters high.
Head of the local Social Affairs Agency Rusdy Wahid told
Antara the natural disaster would force more residents to seek
refuge as there was no indication that the incessant rain would
stop.
A resident of Grung Maneh, North Aceh regency and two others
in the neighboring regency of Aceh Besar were reportedly missing
in the flood.
The news agency also reported a mud slide took place in Roh
Tengah village, South Aceh. However, there has been no immediate
report of fatalities. (50/lup/edt)