| BANDA ACEH: Indonesian soldiers have killed 16 separatist rebels during two clashes in Aceh province, the military said on Thursday. The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) guerrillas were killed in separate encounters in four districts on Tuesday and Wednesday, said Aceh military spokesman Asep Sapari. One of those killed was GAM's deputy operations commander Udin Abdullah, Sapari said. He and two of his men died in a gunfight at Seulimum in Aceh Besar district on Tuesday, the spokesman said. Troops seized a Kalashnikov rifle, a handgun and ammunition from the rebels. |