Two GAM rebels killed, two others escape

Two GAM rebels killed, two others escape

PEKANBARU, Riau: Two member of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM)
were killed, while two others managed to escape a gunfight with
ten Army soldiers in Pangkalan Kerinci, 70 kilometers east of
Pekanbaru, Riau, on Friday.

Chief of the Pangkalan Kerinci military district Col. Karseno
said here on Saturday that the gunfight had occurred after Friday
prayers.

"We opened fire after they refused to surrender. Two rebels
died instantly while two others managed to flee," he said, saying
that the rebels were not Acehnese.

Karseno said the two dead men were identified as Supardi, 27,
from Labuhan Batu, North Sumatra, and Irianto, 26, from Muara
Bungo, Jambi.

The military personnel had also seized two AK-47 rifles and a
number of ammunitions from the rebels. The military was still
searching for two escapees, he added. --JP