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Noordin M Top 'May Be' Among Terror Raid Dead: Indonesian Television
September 17, 2009

A wanted poster shows fugitive terror suspect Noordin Mohammed Top. A wanted poster shows fugitive terror suspect Noordin Mohammed Top.
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Southeast Asia’s most wanted terrorist Noordin M Top “could be” one of the casualties of the Thursday morning terrorism raid in Solo, Central Java, Indonesian television stations have reported.

The fingerprints of one of the victims allegedly matched with those of Noordin in a police database, reported television stations Metro TV, TV One and RCTI.

Confirmation of a fingerprint match and DNA test would probably take two or three days.

AFP reported that a decapitated corpse believed to be Noordin's was among four bodies recovered after the early morning raid on a village house, according to an officer from the elite Densus 88 antiterror squad.

Asked if one of the suspected dead militants was believed to be Noordin, the officer told AFP on the condition of anonymity: "Yes, it's 90 percent [certain]."

The four bodies arrived at the National Police Hospital in East Jakarta at 11:45 a.m. on Thursday for identification and autopsies.

National Police will hold a press conference on the raid at their Jakarta headquarters this afternoon.

Noordin M Top is one of the most wanted terrorists in the region. He is believed to be the mastermind of at least five terrorist attacks in Indonesia, including the Bali bombing and the attacks at two luxury hotels in Jakarta in July.

National Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri refused to give any comment about the rumors.

“I am still waiting for the reports from the field,” Bambang said in Nagrek, West Java. The police chief was there to supervise Idul Fitri holiday safety preparations.

A senior government counterterrorism official told the Jakarta Globe that Noordin's death was still unconfirmed.

“We don’t know [for sure] and we don’t want to make the same mistake [as before]," the official said, referring to when Noordin was misreported as dead following a raid in Temanggung, Central Java, last month.

“We don’t know who these police sources are, or how dependable they are. We don’t dare go on the record at this time.”

JG