Noordin Top Reported Dead

(Jakarta, Indonesia) The mastermind of the Bali bombings and other terror attacks in Indonesia, Noordin M. Top, is reportedly dead, killed during a raid last night in Solo, Central Java.

According to Indonesian National Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri, Noordin's identity was confirmed through fingerprints.

Police stormed a house on the outskirts of the city at around 7:00 a.m. after a nine-hour siege. Solo is a longtime stronghold of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) radical network.

Three other terror suspects were killed and three arrested in the raid. Also among the dead is Bagus Budi Pranoto or Urwah, a man wanted by police in connection with the July hotel bombings in Jakarta.

The other two killed in the raid were Hadi Susilo and Aryo Sudarsono, alias Aji. [...]

"We warned them to surrender but they didn't obey," said Bambang. "Since we knew there were dangerous people inside, we had to take strong action."

I'll confess. News of Top's death pleases me. He was a deadly monster.