Man treated for gun shot wounds

LHOKSEUMAWE: A resident of Nisam district in North Aceh has been treated in hospital for shot wounds he received on Friday.

Antara reported Saturday that M. Sufi bin Syahbuddin, 41, of Alue Papeun subdistrict, was shot by unidentified men riding a motorcycle at around 11:30 p.m.

The victim, who had not regained consciousness as of Saturday, was believed to be a member of the support operations unit of the Armed Forces during the military campaign of 1989 to 1998.

The civilians known as cuak have been targets of anger particularly since the operations ended last August.

Local military commander Giyono said he believed two men approached the victim near a foodstall.

Giyono said there were witnesses but none had the courage to help the victim as the assailants had rifles, which are yet to be identified. Giyono confirmed that many civilians had various weapons, adding that victims of shootings were often former members of the operations support team.