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Shooting of protesters in Indonesia
Simpang KKA incident
Part of the insurgency in Aceh
Date3 May 1999; 25 years ago (1999-05-03)
LocationDewantara, North Aceh, Special Region of Aceh, Indonesia
Deaths52

Simpang KKA incident, also known as the Dewantara Incident or Krueng Geukueh tragedy was a shooting incident during Aceh insurgency that occurred on 3 May 1999 in North Aceh, Special Region of Aceh, Indonesia which resulted in 52 people dead after the Indonesian military randomly shot at hundreds of peaceful protesters against an earlier shooting incident (30 April) at Cot Murong, Lhokseumawe.

Incident

Simpang KKA is a junction near the PT Kertas Kraft Aceh kraft paper factory at Dewantara, near the city of Lhokseumawe. On 3 May 1999, hundreds of civilians protested against the previous Indonesian military shooting at Cot Murong.

References

  1. "In Aceh there is peace but no justice | Amnesty's global human rights blog".
  2. "Aceh for Beginners".
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