Aceh Killings Lift Death Toll for Year Over 1000
July 8, 2001 - 0:0
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia The bodies of 29 people bearing marks showing they had died violent deaths have been found in a mountain gorge in Indonesia's Aceh Province, AFP quoted humanitarian workers as saying Saturday. The find follows the discovery of four corpses in the same area on Thursday, and brings to more than 1,000 the number of people killed this year as a result of the conflict between the Indonesian military and Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels fighting for an independent Islamic state, according to an unofficial count. Around three in four of the reported victims have been civilians.