More deaths in Aceh offensive

[Aidoneus]

More deaths in Aceh offensive
Monday 26 January 2004

Eleven people have been killed, including a soldier who shot himself after gunning down two civilians, in the latest violence in Indonesia's Aceh province.

Troops killed two men during clashes with guerrillas of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Bireuen and South Aceh districts on Sunday, said provincial military spokesman Asep Sapari.

The previous day, five insurgents were shot in separate clashes in various parts of the province, he added.

Residents in East Aceh on Sunday found the body of an unidentified man in a river, Sapari said.

Waspada newspaper, based in neighbouring North Sumatra province, said a soldier ran amok on Sunday in the central market in the town of Takengon in Central Aceh, shooting at random before killing himself.

It said two civilians were killed and four wounded before Kurniawan, a member of a joint intelligence unit, shot himself in the head. Sapari could not immediately confirm the report.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3A524F51-2A0F-43F6-A4C4-14A294B8F56C.htm

Note the herd mentality in vocabulary of even AFP (al-J reproduces the original AFP)..