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| The Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has confirmed that the terror suspect Dulmatin was killed in a police raid in Jakarta. | The Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has confirmed that the terror suspect Dulmatin was killed in a police raid in Jakarta. |
| Indonesian security forces said they had killed three suspected militants in two raids on Tuesday. | Indonesian security forces said they had killed three suspected militants in two raids on Tuesday. |
| But they could not confirm that Dulmatin, alleged mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombings, was among those killed. | But they could not confirm that Dulmatin, alleged mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombings, was among those killed. |
| Mr Yudhoyono is on a three-day trip to neighbouring Australia. | Mr Yudhoyono is on a three-day trip to neighbouring Australia. |
| The raids were said to be linked to an ongoing operation against militants in Aceh province that has brought a number of arrests. | The raids were said to be linked to an ongoing operation against militants in Aceh province that has brought a number of arrests. |
| Most wanted | |
| "We can confirm that one of those that were killed was Mr Dulmatin, one of the top south-east Asian terrorists that we have been looking for," Mr Yudhoyono said through an interpreter in a luncheon speech at Australia's parliament. | |
| The killing of Dulmatin will be greeted with particular enthusiasm in Australia - half of the almost 200 casualties in the Bali bombings were Australian. | The killing of Dulmatin will be greeted with particular enthusiasm in Australia - half of the almost 200 casualties in the Bali bombings were Australian. |
| The Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, had earlier praised Indonesia's efforts to dismantle terrorist networks. | The Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, had earlier praised Indonesia's efforts to dismantle terrorist networks. |
| He was speaking in Canberra at a joint news conference with Mr Yudhoyono. | He was speaking in Canberra at a joint news conference with Mr Yudhoyono. |
| Mr Rudd described the Indonesian operation as very professional and significant. | Mr Rudd described the Indonesian operation as very professional and significant. |
| Security forces in Aceh have been targeting militants recently | |
| Indonesia's anti-terrorist forces have launched a series of raids nationwide after the discovery of an alleged Islamist militant training camp in the province of Aceh last month. | Indonesia's anti-terrorist forces have launched a series of raids nationwide after the discovery of an alleged Islamist militant training camp in the province of Aceh last month. |
| The BBC's Indonesia correspondent Karishma Vaswani says Dulmatin has been an elusive target. A few years ago, the Phillippines army said he had been injured during a gun battle, but no one could say for sure that he had been seriously hurt. | |
| DNA tests were carried out on a body found in the southern Philippines in 2008, but it was confirmed not to be his. | |
| DNA tests had also been necessary to prove beyond doubt that Noordin Mohamed Top, at the time Indonesia's most-wanted Islamist militant, had been killed in September 2009. | |
| Troubling? | |
| Security analysts say that while the killing of Dulmatin is a significant coup for Indonesian authorities, and shows they are doing their job, it is also a troubling sign that terror networks in Indonesia could be seeing a possible rejuvenation. | |
| Our correspondent says that would be a big concern for Indonesian police who had hoped that their efforts to stamp out terrorism in the archipelago over the last few years had been successful. | |
| The latest raids come less than two weeks before the visit to Indonesia of US President Barack Obama. | |
| Indonesia has made significant inroads in recent years into dismantling the leadership of Jemaah Islamiah. | |
| The police have also been recently engaged in an operation targeting Aceh militants. | |
| A total of 14 people have been charged with plotting to launch terrorist attacks. | |
| Those charged are believed by officials to be members of a previously unknown terror group. | |
| But seizures in raids included DVDs on the Bali bombings. | |
| Police have been investigating possible links between the militants and Jemaah Islamiyah, which was blamed by the authorities for the Bali attacks. |