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| Police seek DNA over Java death | |
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| Indonesian police say they will ask relatives of wanted Islamist Noordin Mohamed Top for DNA to confirm if he was killed in a shoot-out. | |
| Noordin was reportedly in a house in central Java which police stormed on Saturday after a 17-hour siege. | Noordin was reportedly in a house in central Java which police stormed on Saturday after a 17-hour siege. |
| Malaysian-born Noordin is suspected of orchestrating the Bali bombings of 2002 and other major attacks. | Malaysian-born Noordin is suspected of orchestrating the Bali bombings of 2002 and other major attacks. |
| In a separate operation police said they killed two militants preparing to attack the home of the president. | |
| Police chief Gen Bambang Hendarso Danuri said officers seized bombs and a car rigged to carry them three miles (5km) from the residence of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. | |
| Body found | |
| Following the storming of the house in Java, a body was removed but police did not confirm media reports that it was that of Noordin. | |
| Police efforts to find Noordin have been focused on Java | |
| Gen Danuri said: "We are not saying yet who was killed. We have to conduct DNA tests first. | |
| "We have to wait for the laboratory tests and the forensics, so we won't be saying anything yet." | "We have to wait for the laboratory tests and the forensics, so we won't be saying anything yet." |
| He confirmed however that only one person had been killed in the operation, despite earlier reports that more bodies had been taken from the house. | He confirmed however that only one person had been killed in the operation, despite earlier reports that more bodies had been taken from the house. |
| He is accused of being the key recruiter and financier for the regional Islamist militant group, Jemaah Islamiah, but is believed to have later formed his own hard-line breakaway group |