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INCIDENTS IN ACEH

Date Reported: Monday, April 03, 2000
Incident Type: SECURITY
Country: BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA

Incident: The weekly Serambi (Banda Aceh) reported the following incidents in Aceh during the last week of March:

A local police station was attacked by fire in the district of Aceh Besar. An unknown number of assailants opened fire on the installation with M-16 rifles and either rockets or rifle-propelled grenades, from two sides. A unit of the Mobile Police Brigade arrived on site and assisted the defenders. After an exchange of fire of 30 minutes, the assailants broke contact. There were no casualties among the fighters. An aged woman living near the police station was wounded by shrapnel.

In the district of Pidie, a local man was shot to death by the security forces when he failed to stop for a checkpoint.

In the vicinity of Llokseumawe, a squad of the Mobile Police Brigade ran into an ambush by unkown individuals. Other mobile brigade units went to assist the squad under attack. One local civilian was killed; other casualties were unknown.