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Noordin M Top arrested: Al Jazeera





The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 08/07/2009 10:34 PM | National

Terrorist Noordin M Top was arrested Friday by police, Kompas.com quoted Al Jazeera.

"Officially the police are still denying that they have captured Noordin Top in central Java, but a very reliable source on the ground have told us they captured a man very likely to be Noordin Top,” Step Vaessen, Al Jazeera's correspondent, reported.

Noordin allegedly masterminded the recent JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels bomb blasts.

The blasts killed nine people and injured more than 50.










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