Fugitive terrorist leader Noordin Mohammed Top - blamed by Indonesia for the recent Jakarta hotel bombings as well as attacks as far back as the 2002 Bali bombings - is believed to have been killed during a 17-hour siege centred on this central Java farmhousePhotograph: Crack Palinggi/ReutersCounter-terror police launch their raid on the housePhotograph: ReutersVillagers living near the farmhouse flee to a temporary shelterPhotograph: Andry Prasetyo/Reuters
An explosion and fire during the raidPhotograph: Adi Weda/EPAThe police commandos carry a body bag out of the farmhousePhotograph: GettyThe police commandos carry a body bag out of the farmhousePhotograph: ReutersAn Indonesian police wanted poster of Noordin Mohammad TopPhotograph: ReutersThe Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, speaks to journalists and congratulates the police for the operationPhotograph: ABROR RISKI/HO/EPA
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