Three separatist rebels including a senior leader have surrendered to the army in the Indonesian province of Aceh, the military said on Thursday. Troops also shot dead three guerrillas and captured five, said provincial military spokesman Ahmad Yani Basuki. He said Ibrahim Syafei, the Free Aceh Movement's 'governor' for the western district of Meulaboh, gave himself up in Meulaboh on Wednesday and is being well treated.
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Basuki said the surrender was arranged after Syafei contacted the authorities through public figures in his home village of Blang Balee. Two other guerrillas surrendered at Leupung in Aceh Besar district on Wednesday. Basuki said troops shot dead three rebels in separate locations in Aceh Besar on Wednesday while soldiers captured five rebels in Aceh Besar and North Aceh the same day. Suspected rebels shot dead a civilian at Mane in Pidie district. |