Two days after announcing that they had killed their most wanted terrorist, Noordin Top, Indonesian police now believe he fled the scene before a raid was carried out.
The police shooting in central Java was initially hailed as a triumph. The operation came less than a month after deadly Jakarta hotel bombings that Noordin was believed to have ordered. He has evaded the authorities while carrying out a series of high profile attacks since at least 2003.
But police have now conceded doubts about the identity of the dead men appear credible. One policeman said: “It’s not him.
We know from his facial structure as well as his fingerprints. We’re continuing to track his whereabouts.”
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Too bad. I was hoping that they’d got him.
My feeling is they didn’t get the other guy either. We’ll see how that plays out.