Lhokseumawe – Government troops gunned down 10 suspected rebels and three civilians were found dead in the latest violence in Indonesia's war-torn Aceh province, a local military spokesman said Friday.

Five members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) were shot dead in four separate gunbattles Thursday across the province, said Lt. Col. Ahmad Yani Basuki. Another five guerrillas were killed when soldiers raided a rebel hideout Thursday morning in western Aceh, he said. Troops also captured two rebels and confiscated weapons including machine guns and pistols, Basuki said.

Also Thursday, villagers found the bodies of two civilians in Pidie district, a rebel stronghold in northern Aceh, and an unidentified body in western Aceh, Basuki said.

He added that one of the victims in Pidie was shot dead at his home by a suspected rebel. Rebel spokesmen could not be reached for comment on claims by the military, which limits media access to rebel-held areas.

Jakarta abandoned a five-month truce with the rebels in May and launched a massive military offensive to crush the insurgency. It says more than 900 suspected guerrillas have been killed along with 46 soldiers and 16 policemen since then.