Banda Aceh – Suspected Acehnese rebel commander Efendi Saputra committed suicide in his prison cell in Lhokseumawe district on Sunday, military spokesman Ahmad Yani Basuki said onMonday.

"Efendi Saputra, a subdistrict commander of the Acehnese separatist movement in North Aceh, hanged himself with a nylon rope," Basuki said in Lhokseumawe.

Declining to provide any details on the suicide, Basuki said the body of Efendi, 23, had been taken to the Lilawangsa Military Hospital in Lhokseumawe before being returned to his family. He also said two suspected rebels were shot dead in West Aceh district in a clash with Indonesian soldiers on Sunday, while a civilian and two soldiers were wounded in Sawang subdistrict, North Aceh.

Meanwhile, Indonesian troops raided a suspected rebel hideout in Sabet village, Aceh Jaya district, on Sunday, capturing two separatists. Basuki said two other suspected rebels surrendered to Indonesian troops in Darul Imarah, Aceh Besar district, on Sunday.