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| At least three people have been killed during a police operation against suspected militants on the island of Java, reports from Indonesia say. | At least three people have been killed during a police operation against suspected militants on the island of Java, reports from Indonesia say. |
| The reports say armed police raided a house in the outskirts of the central city of Solo that is believed to be a militant stronghold. | The reports say armed police raided a house in the outskirts of the central city of Solo that is believed to be a militant stronghold. |
| Witnesses say they heard an explosion and gunfire coming from the house. | Witnesses say they heard an explosion and gunfire coming from the house. |
| Some reports say the target was Urwah - an associate of the wanted militant, Noordin Mohammed Top. | |
| Urwah is believed to have been killed in the raid, although this has not been confirmed by the authorities. | |
| Noordin is suspected of being the leader of a group blamed for two bomb attacks that killed seven people in the capital, Jakarta, in July. | |
| He is also believed to have masterminded the Bali bombings in 2002. | |
| Indonesian police have launched a massive manhunt for the elusive fugitive, the BBC's Karishma Vaswani in Jakarta says. | |
| Police initially thought Noordin was killed in a shootout last month but he is still at large. |