Indonesian troops killed 15 suspected rebels in the restive Aceh province, officials said Thursday, in violence that underscores the challenges facing the country's incoming president.I thought they just did that a couple days ago?
The guerillas were killed in separate clashes across the province on Tuesday, military spokesman Lt. Col. Asep Sapari said. Troops seized dozens of rounds of ammunition and several homemade weapons, he added. Sapari said nine rebels were killed Tuesday and the rest on Wednesday. A rebel spokesman could not be reached for comment.
Was he dead?
The deaths bring to 35 the number of suspected rebels killed in the oil- and gas-rich province in the last 10 days. All were shot by security forces.
"Oil and gas rich province" explains why they're shooting it out.