School janitor killed in Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: A school janitor was found dead in unusual circumstances in the Samudra district of North Aceh on Monday.

A worker at Lhokseumawe General Hospital said the body of 55- year-old Misrianto Zakaria was brought in by policemen from Nisam district.

His two hands were tied together and his body was covered in bruises and cuts, he said.

Separately, police seized two guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition from a truck in Baktia district, 40 kilometers east of Lhokseumawe, on Monday.

North Aceh Police chief Supt. Syafei Aksal said four men, including the driver, fled when the truck was stopped during a police operation.

Abu Sofyan Daud, spokesman for the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in North Aceh, denied that the weapons belonged to his camp. "It's just the security forces' propaganda campaign," he said. (50/edt)