AFP reports Indonesian police stormed an Islamic militant hideout early Thursday in a raid strongly suspected to have left terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top dead, police said.A decapitated corpse believed to be Noordin's was among four bodies recovered after the early morning raid on a village house in Central Java, an officer of the elite Special Detachment 88 anti-terror squad told AFP.
Asked if one of the suspected dead militants was believed to be Noordin, the officer said on condition of anonymity: "Yes, it's 90 percent (certain)."
Police spokesman Nanan Soekarna refused to say who was suspected to have been killed but said the bodies had been sent to the capital Jakarta for identification.
"It's true that police took action against seven suspected members of a terrorist group," suspected of involvement in deadly July hotel bombings in Jakarta, Soekarna told reporters.
"Four were killed and one person at the scene, the woman, survived and is being treated at a hospital in Solo," Soekarna said.
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