HALF an hour after midnight, a motorcycle raced past the Mobile Brigade HQ, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Regional Police, in Jeulingke, Banda Aceh. While speeding, the rider hurled a hand grenade. Four hours earlier, another grenade exploded outside the official residence of Lhokseumawe Deputy Mayor, Suaidi Yahya.

The two incidents were the latest in a series of violent acts that have recently taken place in Aceh. The Commission for Missing Persons