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 marine died in hospital in Medan in the neighbouring province of North Sumatra on Sunday from injuries suffered from a grenade blast during a clash at Lhoknibong in East Acheh on Wednesday, said Acheh military spokesman Major Zaenal Muttaqin.
Another military spokesman, Major Ertoto (eds: one name) said troops shot dead two suspected rebels in a plantation area in the West Acheh district of Darul Makmur on Sunday.
The troops also arrested three other suspected rebels and confiscated two home-made handguns after the clash, Ertoto added.
Two civilians were shot dead and two others were wounded by gunshots during a search by troops for rebels at Kluet Utara in South Acheh on Sunday, residents said.
The two were believed to have been killed by soldiers' random shots, they said. Military spokesmen could not immediately confirm the report.
More than 1,700 people died in 2001 and 121 have already been killed this year in the resource-rich province at the northern tip of Sumatra island.
Jakarta last year granted Acheh greater self-rule and a larger share of oil and gas revenues. It also allowed the province to implement Islamic law but ruled out independence as the Free Acheh Movement demands.
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