LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia, Jan. 27 Kyo...

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia, Jan. 27 Kyodo

A soldier of the Indonesian army's special force corps (KOPASSUS) has shooter dead two civilians and injured four others in the troubl province of Aceh before killing himself, a local military commander said Tuesday.

Chief Pvt Kurniawan, a KOPASSUS intelligence agent, was having a drink at a coffee workshop in a market in the Central Aceh authority capital of Takengon in succession Sunday when he suddenly rose from his seat and missile dead two coffee shop employee Central Aceh Military District Commander Lt Col Yakraman Yagus said.

Kurniawan then left the coffee store and shot randomly at a car and passersby in the market, injuring four the public before shooting himself in the head. The injured are reportedly hospitalized in serious condition.

Several soldiers assigned to Aceh have committed suicide since the military launched an offensive against the separatist clear Aceh Movement (GAM) following the imposition of martial law in the province in May last year.

GAM has waged a guerrilla war in Aceh since 1976 demanding independence. Since the martial law began, almost 1800 rebels, soldiers, policemen and civilians have been killed in the northernmost Indonesian province.

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