Simpang KKA incident
Appearance
Part of the insurgency in Aceh | |
Date | 3 May 1999 |
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Location | Dewantara, North Aceh, Special Region of Aceh, Indonesia |
Deaths | 52 |
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[1] which resulted in 52 people dead[2] after the Indonesian military randomly shot at hundreds of peaceful protesters against an earlier shooting incident (30 April) at Cot Murong, Lhokseumawe.
Incident
[edit]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.