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'Police raid on Java militants' 'Militants' killed in Java raid
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At least four people have been killed during a police operation against suspected militants on the island of Java, reports from Indonesia say. Four people have been killed during a police operation against suspected militants on the island of Java, Indonesian officials have said.
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. Armed police raided a house in the outskirts of the city of Solo, believed to be a militant stronghold, capturing three other people in the process.
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. Some reports say the target was Urwah - an associate of Indonesia's most-wanted militant, Noordin Mohammed Top.
Urwah is believed to have been killed in the raid, although this has not been confirmed by the authorities.Urwah is believed to have been killed in the raid, although this has not been confirmed by the authorities.
Unconfirmed reports have also raised the possibility that Noordin was hit in the raid. Top speculation
Police are reported to have closed in on the house late Wednesday after arresting two suspects nearby.
Witnesses said they heard gunfire through the night and then an explosion early on Thursday as police closed in on the rented house.
Four men were killed in the stand-off and a pregnant woman was arrested, said national police spokesman Nanan Sukarna.
Explosives and grenades were also found in the house, Maj Gen Sukarna said.
NOORDIN MOHAMED TOP Born in Malaysia, fled to Indonesia after 9/11Wanted for planning bombings on Bali in 2002 and 2005 and other attacksSaid to have split from Jemaah Islamiah over strategy disagreements and set up new groupMain accomplice Azahari Husin killed by police in 2005Escaped police raid in 2006 and continues to evade capture Profile: Noordin Mohamed Top Profile: Jemaah IslamiahNOORDIN MOHAMED TOP Born in Malaysia, fled to Indonesia after 9/11Wanted for planning bombings on Bali in 2002 and 2005 and other attacksSaid to have split from Jemaah Islamiah over strategy disagreements and set up new groupMain accomplice Azahari Husin killed by police in 2005Escaped police raid in 2006 and continues to evade capture Profile: Noordin Mohamed Top Profile: Jemaah Islamiah
Twin suicide bomb attacks on the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta in July killed nine people and injured scores of others. The bodies of the four people killed in the raid have been taken to Jakarta for DNA testing, police said.
On raids in Cilacap, central Java, in July, police said they found bomb-making material at an Islamic boarding school, and explosives buried in the garden of a house of Noordin's father-in-law. Reports have raised the possibility that Noordin was among those killed in the raid. Police sources were quoted in several reports saying they were "90% certain that it's Noordin Top".
In an 8 August raid and 17-hour siege, police claimed they had killed Noordin, only to admit some hours later that he had slipped through their fingers again. After a previous raid, on 8 August, police claimed they had killed Noordin after a 17-hour siege, only to admit several hours later that he had slipped through their net again.
Noordin is wanted for plotting the bombings in Bali in 2002 and 2005, which killed 202 people, and other attacks in Indonesia.Noordin is wanted for plotting the bombings in Bali in 2002 and 2005, which killed 202 people, and other attacks in Indonesia.
A four-year period of calm ended in July with twin suicide bomb attacks on the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta that killed nine people and injured scores of others.
On raids in Cilacap, central Java, in July, police said they found bomb-making material at an Islamic boarding school, and explosives buried in the garden of a house of Noordin's father-in-law.
Noordin was said to be a key financier for the militant Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah, but is now thought to have set up his own splinter group.Noordin was said to be a key financier for the militant Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah, but is now thought to have set up his own splinter group.
Indonesian police have launched a massive manhunt for the elusive fugitive, the BBC's Karishma Vaswani in Jakarta says.Indonesian police have launched a massive manhunt for the elusive fugitive, the BBC's Karishma Vaswani in Jakarta says.