Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Tuesday, July 21
The Indiana Daily Student

Indonesian legislator killed

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Two gunmen killed a lawmaker at his home in Indonesia\'s war-torn Aceh, making him the second legislator slain in the past three days, a military spokesman said Friday.\nNasri Zamzam, a councilman with the Muslim-based United Development Party, was fatally shot Thursday night by gunmen in Aneuk Galong village, about 10 miles east of the provincial capital of Banda Aceh.\nNasri was the fifth official killed since September. It remains unclear why legislators are being targeted, though some were aligned with the government in this troubled region 1,200 miles northwest of Jakarta.

Get stories like this in your inbox
Subscribe