Aceh

AT LEAST four civilians were killed, one injured and six houses destroyed last week as violence broke out in Central Aceh in a part of the troubled Sumatra province that had been relatively calm. A group of armed men ambushed locals in Bandar district last Thursday, burning and looting as they went.

This area had been reasonably peaceful despite the raging conflict in the land Indonesians call the "Verandah of Mecca". It remains unclear who