GAM kills two police

GAM kills two police

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Armed rebels launched separate attacks in
North Aceh on Wednesday evening, leaving three people dead and
three others injured, a police officer said on Thursday.

North Aceh Police chief Supt. Abadan Bangko said two police
officers, Sgt. Sulaiman and Sgt. Zulkarnaen from the Tanah Pasir
and Kutamakmur police subprecincts, respectively, were among the
fatalities. Abadan said the two sergeants were off duty when they
were gunned down.

Separatist rebels also killed Usman Sarong, a resident of Pulo
Blang Tunong village, Syamtalira Bayu district, Abadan said. The
motive for the murder remains unknown.

Another police officer, a local legislator and a military
soldier were injured in the attacks.

In a related development, the deputy chief of the special
police operation Cinta Meunasah, Supt. Yatim Suyatmo, said on
Thursday the police had questioned four security guards at oil
and gas company Exxon Mobil as part of their investigations into
last Tuesday's theft of explosives from the company's warehouse.

The guards, identified as Rusli Asnawi, Ghazali Hasan, Nurdin
M.D. and Zulkifli, were overpowered and tied up by the some 20
armed burglars who made off with 16,000 packets of explosives.
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