Indonesian students die after torture

Banda Aceh - Police in Indonesia's Aceh province tortured and killed three students following the death of a policeman in crossfire…

Banda Aceh - Police in Indonesia's Aceh province tortured and killed three students following the death of a policeman in crossfire with separatist rebels outside a school, according to witnesses.

Police raided the school in Krueng Sabee, West Aceh, and took 30 students and two teachers to their headquarters after a policeman was killed in a gunfight with Free Aceh Movement rebels on Sunday, said a witness, who declined to give his name. Two teachers were reported to be in critical condition in hospital.

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