Jakarta – A soldier and a local official, were shot dead by unidentified men in separate incidents in Indonesia's troubled Aceh province, it was reported here Thursday.

The soldier, identified as Sergeant Rahmad Rohibat, was killed Thursday morning, and Zainal Abidin, a secretary for the Alue Durin village administration, was shot on Wednesday evening, the state Antara news agency said.

The agency quoted North Aceh military chief Leutenant Colonel Giyono as saying that the soldier was a member of the Kuta Makmur military base.

Rohibat was ambushed by an unidentified man on his way home from his child's school and shot dead. The killer escaped on a motorcyle.

Abidin was killed by a bullet which smashed through a window of his house while he was watching television, the agency said. His body was taken to the state Lhokseumawe hospital for a post-mortem, Antara said.