Soldiers kill alleged GAM rebels

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Soldiers in West Aceh shot dead two alleged members of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) during a raid on Thursday in Sekundo subdistrict, West Aceh regency. Soldiers confiscated a gun, dozens of rounds of ammunition and a GAM flag from the dead rebels.

Also on Thursday, soldiers seized 171 GAM flags in West Aceh.

The flags were discovered in a small mosque in Sewu subdistrict, following a report by a member of the rebel group who recently surrendered to the Indonesian Military, Capt. Andi Hasrul, a military spokesman in West Aceh, said on Friday. -- Antara