Temanggung man was Ibrohim, not Noordin: Police

A National Police spokesman has announced that the man shot dead Saturday in Temanggung, Central Java during a counterterrorist siege has been identified as Ibrohim.

DNA evidence showed that the body is not, as was suspected, that of Noordin M. Top, Indonesia's most wanted terror suspect and a prominent recruiter and advocate for the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI)  terrorist group.

Insp. Gen. Nanan Soekarna said during a press conference at Police Hospital in Kramat Jati that Ibrohim orchestrated the suicide bombing attacks last month at the JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels.

He had been working as a florist at both hotels since 2005, Nanan added.

Ibrohim recruited two JI bombers, 18 year-old Dani Dwi Permana and 28 year-old Nana Ihwan Maulana. He also sneaked the explosives to be used in the attacks into Room 1808 at the Marriott on July 16, a day before the incident.

Police intelligence has also revealed Ibrohim was to be a suicide bomber himself, in an attack devised to assassinate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his private residence in Cikeas, West Java.

The plot, had it not been foiled, was to occur August 18, following Independence Day commemorations across the country. (dre)