Four Indonesian soldiers will go on trial this week accused of beating up villagers in Aceh province during the military’s ongoing offensive against separatist rebels, a military official said Monday. Operation commander Brig. Gen. Bambang Darmono said four soldiers from the 144th Infantry Battalion were accused of beating up five villagers in a raid on the north Acehnese village of Lawang on May 27. All five of the villagers were hospitalized, but their injuries weren’t life threatening. “Four soldiers … will be put on trial in a military tribunal on Tuesday,” Bambang was quoted as saying by AP here.He didn’t give their names or ranks. Soldiers also shot and killed 35-year-old Abu Bakar during the raid. Villagers told AP the day after the raid that Abu was a farmer with no links to the insurgents and had been executed. Full Story
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