Indonesian police said today that DNA tests have confirmed terrorist leader Noordin Top was killed days ago in a shootout with police.

South East Asia’s most wanted terrorist was reportedly shot and killed by police officers who stormed a suspected militant hide-out in Indonesia today to end a 16-hour siege.

Explosive material recovered from the scene of two suicide bombings at hotels in the Indonesian capital is “identical” to that used by the Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah in earlier attacks, police said today.