Indonesian police said today the DNA test on the body of a man shot dead in an operation in Solo on Thursday matched that of wanted Malaysian militant Noordin Mohd Top.

NONE "It's a 100 percent match... from the fingerprints to the DNA tests," detikcom website quoted Indonesian police spokesman Nanan Soekarna as saying.

Indonesian police chief Gen Bambang Hendarso Danuri had earlier confirmed that Noordin was shot dead in the raid but asked the forensic department to carry out the tests.

The report also said that Noordin's family in Johor, Malaysia, had been informed of the test result.

Noordin is believed to have masterminded the meticulously planned double suicide bombing of the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta in July, in which seven people were killed.

He is also said to have been behind a 2003 attack on the Marriott that killed 12 people, as well as the 2004 bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta and 2005 attacks on tourist restaurants on the holiday island of Bali.

- Bernama