More people killed in Aceh

More people killed in Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: At least two people were killed and seven
others injured in three separate armed conflicts on Sunday, an
officer and a rebel said on Monday.

Spokesman for the Banda Aceh Military District Command, Maj.
Edi Sulistiadi, said the first incident took place in Seumira
village, some 25 kilometers east of here, during which a member
of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) was shot dead and four
others were injured and arrested.

In the East Aceh village of Aramiah, an officer of the
National Police's Mobile Brigade, Second Brig. Rudi Sitompul, was
killed when he and his company were engaged in a gunfight with
armed rebels, Second Insp. Basri said, adding that four other
police officers were wounded in the clash.

Separately in Sigli, the capital of Pidie regency, a bomb went
off inside a cafeteria, which was located in front of the office
compound of the Pidie regent. A resident was wounded in the
incident.

A spokesman for GAM in the Pidie area, Abu Razak, said his
group was responsible for the explosion.

The rebels and security personnel have been engaged in
prolonged armed clashes for several decades, and in this year
alone more than 1,000 people have been killed. (50/emf)