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Police fly remains of ‘Noordin’ to Jakarta





Slamet Susanto , The Jakarta Post , Yogyakarta | Sat, 08/08/2009 4:46 PM | National

A Trans Wisata Fokker-100 plane left Adi Sucipto airport in Yogyakarta for Jakarta on Saturday, carrying the remains of a man believed to be most wanted terror suspect Noordin M. Top.





An ambulance belonging to the Central Java police transported the body from Temanggung. There was only one coffin inside the ambulance, which bears vehicle registration number 1313-9.

The police have not confirmed if Noordin was killed in the raid on a house in Beji village in Temanggung earlier in the day. National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri refused to comment upon arrival at the Adi Sucipto airport.

The body will be brought to the police hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta for identification.



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