Police will announce Saturday the results of a DNA test on the body of a terror suspect killed early Thursday in a raid in Surakarta, Central Java, believed to be Noordin M. Top, one of Southeast Asia's most wanted terrorists.
“The test will take 30 hours. We expect to announce the results on Saturday,” National Police Hospital head Brig. Gen. Aidy Rawas said Friday as quoted by kompas.com.
He added it was unlikely any announcement would be made Friday, saying police still had to file a report to National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri.
Police confirmed Thursday that Noordin was killed in the raid, after a fingerprint check.
The DNA test at the police hospital is expected to provide more substantive proof of Noordin’s death.
Noordin was believed to be among the four terror suspects killed in the raid. Other suspects were believed to be bomb maker Bagus “Urwah” Budi Pranoto, Susilo alias Adit, and Aryo “Aji” Sudarso, who was Noordin’s protégé.
Aidy said the police could not yet confirm the other suspects' identities because none of their families had claimed the bodies.
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