Suicide plot to kill president

POLICE were yesterday trying to identify the body of a suspected terrorist killed in a farmhouse gun battle after discovering a plot to kill Indonesia’s president in a suicide car bombing.

Forensics teams planned to collect DNA samples from family members of regional terror mastermind Noordin Muhammad Top, who was reportedly killed during a 16-hour fight with officers in central Java on Saturday, said Dynno Chressbon, a government anti-terrorism adviser.

One of Noordin’s wives and children were travelling to the capital Jakarta to provide samples, Chressbon said.