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BANDA ACEH - As many as 319 civilians have been killed in Indonesia's troubled province of Aceh, with 108 others listed as missing since an all-out military offensive was launched on May 19 aimed at crushing the 27-year-long rebellion, police officials said today. Senior Adjunct Commissioner Sayed Hoesaini, spokesman of Aceh's police, blamed the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) of being responsible for the killing of civilians.
''Most of the civilian casualties were due to GAM's cruelty. They (GAM) have killed most of them. While some others have died because of stray bullets or other reasons,'' Hoesaini said. He said the highest civilian casualties came from North Aceh district, where as many as 110 civilians have died, followed by East Aceh with 70 fatalities and South Aceh with 45 casualties. In addition to the 108 civilians listed as ''missing'' there were another 117 others wounded since the martial law was imposed in Aceh on May 19.
Hoesaini also accused GAM of being behind the missing persons, saying the rebels had kidnapped them, including two Indonesian journalists working with RCTI Television. Government troops claim they have killed up to 816 separatist rebels in Aceh in the first 108 days of the all-out offensive to crush the insurgency in the province. Lieutenant Colonel Ahmad Yani Basuki, spokesman of the Aceh's military operation said during the same period, some 46 army soldiers and 15 police officers were killed.
After 108 days of fighting in Aceh, the government forces had also captured 607 separatist rebels and 466 rebel sympathizers had surrendered, Basuki said.
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