At least seven people, including a woman and three separatist guerrillas were killed in the past four days in Indonesia's Aceh province.

The chief of a village in West Aceh was shot dead by a gunman Saturday, Aceh military spokesman Major Zaenal Muttaqin told AFP.

Earlier on Saturday, an army officer, First Lieutenant Martin Luther Ginting, was wounded in the stomach during a shoot out with rebels in North Aceh district, Muttaqin said.

Troops shot dead two suspected rebels of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in South Aceh on Friday, the spokesman added. One soldier was wounded in the clash that erupted after rebels ambushed a group of soldiers on their way back to their base following a raid on a suspected guerrilla hideout in Jambo Dalam village.

Soldiers also shot dead another rebel, also on Friday, in a clash in Pidie district, Muttaqin said. A rebel was caught in the incident, he added, without elaborating.

The body of an unidentified woman, showing signs of torture, was on Friday found near from Aceh's capital, Banda Aceh, a humanitarian activist told AFP.

Another activist said a public transport driver was shot dead while driving his minibus in Bireun district on Thursday.

The body of another man, also with gunshot wound, was found at a separate location in the same district later Thursday, he added.

Muttaqin blamed the killings on the GAM. Officials of the separatist organisation could not be immediately reached for comment.

GAM has been fighting since 1976 for an independent state in the devoutly Muslim province on Sumatra island. More than 10,000 people, mostly civilians, have died in the conflict, including more than 500 this year alone.