Jakarta – A baby was shot and killed and its mother left fighting for her life in violence which claimed at least 10 lives in the war-ravaged Indonesian province of Aceh on Sunday and Monday, sources said.

The dead also include a soldier, two alleged Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatists and a 79-year-old man and his son.

Maj. Zaenal Mutaqin, spokesman for the Iskandar Muda Military Command overseeing Aceh, said two rebels were killed in separate gun battles in North Aceh and East Aceh on Monday.

Razali, 30, an alleged member of GAM, was killed in the village of Cebrek, North Aceh. The soldiers who killed him seized a gun and ammunition from his house, he said.

Zaenal said another GAM member, identified as Abdullah, was killed during a clash with a group of patrolling soldiers in Tualang Cut, East Aceh.

Alamsyah, 30, was arrested for further investigation after he surrendered to the soldiers, he said.

GAM spokesman for East Aceh Ishak Daud denied the two were rebel soldiers, saying the local military had killed three civilians. "The soldiers killed not only Abdullah and Razali but also 22-year-old Kasem Ali. The three are civilians who have no relationship with GAM," he said.

He said the trio were killed as reprisal for GAM attacks on two military posts in the regencies of Simpang Ulim and Alue Baloh on Monday.