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'DNA test confirms Noordin death'

AP | By, Jakarta
Sep 19, 2009 01:17 PM IST

DNA tests have confirmed it was terrorist leader Noordin Top who was killed days ago in a shootout with police, Indonesian police said.

DNA tests have confirmed it was terrorist leader Noordin Top who was killed days ago in a shootout with police, Indonesian police said on Saturday.

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Police used fingerprints to identify Noordin's body after a gun battle at a safe house in central Java on Thursday. DNA tests have confirmed those findings, National Police spokesman Nanan Sukarna said.

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"There's no longer any doubt," Sukarna said.

Last month, authorities initially believed a terror suspect killed by police was Noordin, but DNA tests proved otherwise.

Police say Noordin, a Malaysian national, planned the 2002 and 2005 suicide bombings on the resort island of Bali and the July 17 attacks on the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta. In all, he is thought to be responsible for the deaths of 222 people, mostly foreigners.

Sukarna said Indonesian officials were coordinating with Noordin's family in Malaysia to send his body back there "as soon as possible," but he did not specify a date.

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