Banda Aceh – Fierce armed clashes broke out in five different locations in Aceh on Tuesday, killing a Mobile Brigade (Brimob) policeman and a rebel of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM),an official said on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, at least two civilians, one of them the wife of alocal politician in Aceh, were found dead with gunshot wounds.

Aceh Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Dade Achmad said that Brig. Kusmayadi of the Brimob unit was killed in a gunfight withGAM rebels at the Krueng Unoe area of Sampoiniet district in WestAceh on Tuesday.

In restive Pidie regency, a GAM rebel identified as Andi Daniel, 26, was killed in a 30-minute gunbattle in Dayah Pangwavillage on Tuesday, military spokesman Maj. Zaenal Mutaqqin said.An AK-47 semiautomatic rifle and some 120 bullets plus a radiotransmitter were seized from the dead rebel.

In Bireun regency, the Indonesia Red Cross recovered the body of 36-year-old Tisara Muhammad, who had been kidnapped by rebelson Saturday, her son Muhammad Rizal said on Tuesday evening. Herbody was recovered from a river in Paya Cut village of Peusangandistrict.

Tisara was the wife of the late Abed Beuransah, a Golkar Party figure in North Aceh. Abed was shot dead three years agoafter being abducted by alleged rebels.

The last casualty found on Wednesday was the body of an unidentified male bearing gunshot wounds in Naleung Mameh villagenear the housing complex of PT Arun NGL. Co in Lhokseumawe, North Aceh. The body was also evacuated by Red Cross workers.