Banda Aceh – Three armed Aceh rebels were killed in gunfights with government troops in North Aceh and East Aceh districts on Wednesday, a military spokesman said Thursday.

The servicemen also confiscated an AK-56 rifle with 208 bullets following the encounter which occurred in Kuta Makmur subdistrict, North Aceh district, spokesman of the Indonesian military in North Aceh town of Lhokseumawe, Lt.Col. Ahmad Yani Basuki said.

In a series of sweeping operations in Pidie and East Aceh districts on the same day, government soldiers captured three armed Aceh separatists, he said.