Police basked in the limelight Thursday, after a nine-year manhunt ended for the region’s most wanted terrorist following a raid on a house in Surakarta, Central Java. “Alhamdulillah [praise God]," National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said.Noordin M. Top, a Malaysian national, was among four suspected terrorists killed in the raid in Jebres in the early hours of Thursday morning.“We have conducted fingerprint tests and we have also crosschecked them with the Malaysian police and we can confirm that the body belongs to number one terrorist fugitive Noordin Mohammad Top,” he said to the sound of applause at a press conference. “I am deeply appreciative of my boys [referring to police force], who worked hard, who did not think of looking for promotions, who could not return home” during the intense operations, he said.Displaying photos of Noordin's fingerprints he said 14 points matched between the body and data provided by the Malaysian police. thejakartapost
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