Dili – Fighting between Timorese guerrillas and Indonesian forces in the East Timor region of Ermera on Wednesday caused the death of two resistance members and one Indonesian soldier, according to a military source.

The officer who asked to remain anonymous told Associated Press that the fighting in Ermera, 80 km south of Dili, broke out when Indonesian troops surrounded and attacked a mountain hideout of the Timorese guerrilla.

A second Indonesian officer confirmed the attack, adding that at least 20 Timorese guerrillas, many of them wearing Indonesian military uniforms, who were inside the hideout before the attack managed to escape. He refused to comment on the number of deaths.