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Police seek DNA over Java death 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.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. In a separate operation, police said they had 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. Police chief Gen Bambang Hendarso Danuri said officers had seized bombs, and a car rigged to carry them, three miles (5km) from the residence of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Body foundBody 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. Following the storming of the house in the Temanggung district of central 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 JavaPolice 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.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 Police said they had surrounded the house following the arrest on Friday of several suspected militants loyal to Noordin.
After a long siege, members of Indonesia's elite anti-terrorism unit entered the remote house at 0945 (0245 GMT) on Saturday by blowing in one of the doors.
Several minutes later, after further explosions and exchanges of gunfire, officers were seen leaving with their helmets off and shaking hands with each other.
Noordin - one of south-east Asia's most wanted terror suspects - is believed to have been involved in all the major attacks carried out in Indonesia, including the bombings of two Jakarta hotels last month that killed nine people and injured scores of others.
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.