ABC AUSTRALIA, 21/07/2004 23:08:00
Indonesian police claim to have killed 230 separatists in 2 months
A senior Indonesian police commissioner says troops have killed more than 230
alleged separatists in Aceh province since martial law was lifted two months ago.
Commissioner Anjaya says 232 alleged members of the Free Aceh Movement died in
clashes between May 19 and July 19th.
He says nine soldiers and two policemen were killed in the same period and 16
soldiers were wounded.
Commissioner Anjaya is the spokesman for the civil emergency authority which
replaced the martial law administration in Aceh on May 19.
He says 114 guerrillas have been arrested in the past two months while 95 others
have surrendered.
In the latest violence, troops shot dead two suspected rebels in a clash in Aceh Besar
district.
21/07/2004 23:08:00 | ABC Radio Australia News
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