Indonesian anti-terror units killed four people and arrested a woman in a raid on a house in Solo City, central Java in Indonesia early 17 September, after a nine-hour siege. Police indicated that they were “90 percent sure” that one of the dead was Noordin Mohammed Top, Indonesia’s most wanted terrorist, believed responsible for suicide attacks on two hotels in the capital Jakarta in July. Noordin leads a radical splinter group called al Qaeda in the Malay Archipelago, an offshoot of Islamist group Jemaah Islamiyah. He was earlier believed to have been killed in a shoot-out with police in August, but police later identified the dead person as a florist who was giving the group information. AFP, CNN
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News story, GenevaLunch, 17 September 2009.
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Tags: Al Qaeda, anti-terror unit, hotels, Indonesia, Jakarta, Java, Jemaah Islamiyah, Noordin Mohammed Top, police raid, shoot-out, Solo City, suicide bombers























