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Indonesian police confirmed that DNA tests proved that wanted terrorist Noordin Mohammed Top was not killed during last week’s raid on a farmhouse in Java in Indonesia.

Top is the lead suspect in the July bombings of the near-simultaneous suicide attacks at the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta. Police initially thought Top was killed during a shootout with the Indonesian counterterrorism force known as Detachment 88 on Aug 7. Top was thought to have detonated a suicide bomb as police fired on the home and were storming the farmhouse.

DNA tests confirmed that the body of the person killed was that of another wanted terrorist named Amir Ibrohim.

Ibrohim, who is also known as Amir Abdullah, worked as a contractor for the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels and is said to have aided in the July 17 attacks. He was reportedly seen on tape escorting one of the suicide bombers during the July 17 attacks.

Ibrohim is also believed to have been planning attacks that would have been carried out during Indonesia’s Independence Day celebrations on August 17. The plot is thought to have included an assassination attempt on newly elected President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
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Fatal Jakarta, Indonesia Explosions at Hotels – ABC News

Coordinated bomb blasts ripped through two luxury hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, today leaving eight dead and over fifty wounded.

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Bomb blasts ripped through luxury hotels in the heart of Indonesia’s capital on Friday, killing eight people and wounding dozens in attacks the president said badly hurt confidence in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.

The attackers targeted the JW Marriott hotel, scene of a car bomb in 2003, and the Ritz-Carlton, both popular with visiting international businessmen and thought to boast some of the tightest security in Jakarta.

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