JAKARTA, Aug 12 — Indonesian police said today that forensic tests showed a suspect shot dead in a raid on a farmhouse in Central Java at the weekend was not leading militant Noordin Mohammad Top.
Noordin is believed to be the mastermind behind last month's near simultaneous suicide attacks on Jakarta's JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels which killed nine people and wounded 53.
News that Noordin has managed to elude police again and remains on the run is a blow for Indonesian security forces and efforts to contain further attacks in Southeast Asia's biggest economy.
Indonesian police spokesperson Nanan Sukarna holds up a picture of a militant suspect, now identified as Ibrohim, who was shot dead in a raid in Central Java last week. — Reuters pic
"The DNA samples do not match after checking with his family," Saparwoko told a packed press conference in Jakarta.
"We have compared the DNA sample with his family in Johor, as all of you know, and the family in Cilacap and another family Kladen, and none of it matched.
“After that, we compared with the family in Cilimus and their two children, son and daughter, and his wife, and the result is 100 per cent match. We concluded it is Ibrohim."
Malaysian-born Noordin has been on the run since the 2002 Bali bombings but security analysts say he has managed to set up several militant cells after splitting from the Jemaah Islamiah terror network which is affiliated to al-Qaeda. — Reuters
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