JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s national police chief says fugitive terrorism mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top has been killed in an overnight raid.

Bambang Hendarso Danuri said Thursday a body found after a raid in central Indonesia matched the fingerprints of the country’s most wanted man.

“It is Noordin M. Top,” he told a nationally televised news conference. “He is leader of al-Qaida in Southeast Asia.”

Noordin has been blamed for a series of deadly terrorist attacks in Indonesia since 2003, including hotel bombings in the capital Jakarta in July. He has been on the run for nine years.

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