Jakarta – Rebels trying to extort money from a family in Aceh have killed a woman and wounded her journalist husband and their daughter.

Three armed men visited Mr Idrus Jeumpa in Lhokseumawe town late on Sunday to demand that he pay 20 million rupiah in overdue "taxes" to the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), the Banda Aceh-based Serambi newspaper said.

When their demand was rejected, the rebels sprayed his house with bullets. They killed Mr Jeumpa's wife Saodah, an elementary school principal, and wounded him and their daughter Yusniar Oktavia, 31.

Mr Jeumpa's son Sumardi identified the attackers as GAM members. But GAM chief spokesman Sofyan Daud has denied responsibility.