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| Indonesia confirms militant alive | Indonesia confirms militant alive |
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| DNA tests show that a man killed in a weekend raid was not Noordin Mohammed Top, one of the region's most wanted men, Indonesian police say. | |
| The dead man - killed at the end of a siege at a remote farmhouse in Central Java on Saturday - was named instead as a suspect in two 17 July bomb attacks. | The dead man - killed at the end of a siege at a remote farmhouse in Central Java on Saturday - was named instead as a suspect in two 17 July bomb attacks. |
| Police sources had earlier said they had killed Malaysian-born Noordin. | Police sources had earlier said they had killed Malaysian-born Noordin. |
| He has been blamed for a number of attacks, including the July hotel bombs in Jakarta and the 2002 Bali blasts. | He has been blamed for a number of attacks, including the July hotel bombs in Jakarta and the 2002 Bali blasts. |
| "The dead body is Ibrohim... We tried to match the DNA with the sample from Johor [Noordin's son] and it didn't match," police spokesman Nanan Soekarna told a news conference. | "The dead body is Ibrohim... We tried to match the DNA with the sample from Johor [Noordin's son] and it didn't match," police spokesman Nanan Soekarna told a news conference. |
| Florist fixer | Florist fixer |
| He said Ibrohim was a florist who had worked at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in the Indonesian capital. | He said Ibrohim was a florist who had worked at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in the Indonesian capital. |
| He is suspected of having helped prepare last month's twin attacks, which killed nine people, including six foreigners. | He is suspected of having helped prepare last month's twin attacks, which killed nine people, including six foreigners. |
| Police released new security camera footage showing a man identified as Ibrohim escorting the alleged Marriott bomber around the hotel on 8 July, and later bringing bomb-making material into the hotel's staff-only loading bay. | Police released new security camera footage showing a man identified as Ibrohim escorting the alleged Marriott bomber around the hotel on 8 July, and later bringing bomb-making material into the hotel's staff-only loading bay. |
| "Ibrohim was a planner who was always present in the meetings with Noordin Top," Mr Soekarna said. | "Ibrohim was a planner who was always present in the meetings with Noordin Top," Mr Soekarna said. |
| Police said they believed Ibrohim was to have been a suicide bomber himself in a planned attack on the home of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. | Police said they believed Ibrohim was to have been a suicide bomber himself in a planned attack on the home of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. |
| That plot was foiled in the security forces' attack last weekend on the Central Javanese farmhouse where explosives were found, police said. | That plot was foiled in the security forces' attack last weekend on the Central Javanese farmhouse where explosives were found, police said. |
| Tributes have been left for those killed in the hotel attacks | Tributes have been left for those killed in the hotel attacks |
| Acting on a tip-off, Indonesian police mounted the 16-hour siege of the farmhouse in which Noordin was initially claimed to have been killed. | Acting on a tip-off, Indonesian police mounted the 16-hour siege of the farmhouse in which Noordin was initially claimed to have been killed. |
| Analysts had doubted the claims and media later reported police sources saying Noordin had probably fled the farmhouse about two hours before the raid began. | Analysts had doubted the claims and media later reported police sources saying Noordin had probably fled the farmhouse about two hours before the raid began. |
| His reputation as the most wanted - yet most elusive - militant in South East Asia will only be burnished by the latest failure to catch him, analysts said. | His reputation as the most wanted - yet most elusive - militant in South East Asia will only be burnished by the latest failure to catch him, analysts said. |
| He is believed to have formed a violent offshoot of the Jemmah Islamiah militant network, after the network split over the uses of violence. | He is believed to have formed a violent offshoot of the Jemmah Islamiah militant network, after the network split over the uses of violence. |
| As well as the 2002 Bali bombings, Noordin is thought to have been behind attacks on the Jakarta Marriott in 2003, the Australian embassy in 2004, and also on a series of restaurants in Bali in 2005 in which more than 20 died. | As well as the 2002 Bali bombings, Noordin is thought to have been behind attacks on the Jakarta Marriott in 2003, the Australian embassy in 2004, and also on a series of restaurants in Bali in 2005 in which more than 20 died. |