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School buildings burned in Aceh

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School buildings burned in Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Unidentified groups burned 11 school
buildings in North Kluet in South Aceh in early hours on
Wednesday, leaving Rp 1.8 billion in losses, police said.

Aceh Police spokesman Lt. Col. Safri D.M. said on Thursday.
the incident occurred between 11.30 p.m. on Tuesday and 5 a.m. on
Wednesday.

Quoting local security authorities report, Safri said the
gangs set one building on fire after another.

No fatalities were reported during the arson, but most of the
buildings, including files, were totally destroyed. He said
security forces had mounted a hunt for the arsonists.

"The arson was planned as we found three buildings there were
already poured with gasoline," Safri said. (50/edt)

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