September 19, 2009 10:58 am | Updated 10:58 am IST - JAKARTA
In this combination file photo released by the Indonesian National police, Malaysian terror suspect Noordin Muhammed Top is seen, more recently in photo at right. An Indonesian police chief said Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, that Top, a regional terrorism mastermind who eluded capture for nine years and is blamed for a string of deadly attacks in Indonesia, was killed in a police raid on a terrorist hideout in Central Java.
Indonesian police say DNA tests have confirmed terrorist leader Noordin Top was killed days ago in a shootout with police.
National Police spokesman Nanan Sukarna said on Saturday that DNA tests supported the findings of an earlier fingerprint identification.
Noordin, who police say is responsible for a string of deadly bombings in the country since 2002, died Thursday after a gun battle at a safe house in central Java.
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