Noordin Mohammad Top
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In this Malay name, the name Mohammad Top is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Noordin.
Kluang, Johor, Malaysia
Died 17 September 2009 (aged 41)
Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
Occupation Financier, alleged trainer of the splinter group of Jemaah Islamiyah
Criminal status Deceased (2009)
Spouse(s) Munfiatun
Criminal penalty None
Noordin Mohammad Top (11 August 1968 – 17 September 2009) was a Malaysian Muslim extremist, also referred to as:
Noordin
Din Moch Top
Muh Top
Top M or
Mat Top
Until his death, he was Indonesia's most wanted Islamist militant.
Born in Kluang, Johor, Malaysia, he is thought to have been a key bomb-maker and/or financier, for Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), and to have left it, setting up the more violent splinter group Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad. Noordin was reported by the FBI to be "an explosives expert", and "an officer, recruiter, bomb maker and trainer for the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) group."
Once in Indonesia, he married using the assumed name Abdurrachman Aufi. His wife, Munfiatun, would be jailed in June 2005, for concealing information about his whereabouts.
Noordin and Azahari Husin were thought to have masterminded the following bombings:
JW Marriott hotel (2003)
Australian embassy bombing (2004)
(each in Jakarta)
Bali (2005), and
JW Marriott - Ritz-Carlton (2009), again in Jakarta
Noordin may also have assisted in the earlier (2002) Bali bombings. Noordin (allegedly nicknamed Money man) was an indoctrinator specialising in recruiting militants as suicide bombers, and in collecting funds for militant activities. Long after first being declared as wanted by Malaysian and Indonesian authorities, he was added to the FBI's third major wanted list in 2006. FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list. He was killed during a police raid (by Indonesia's anti-terrorist team Densus 88) in Solo, Central Java, conducted on 17 September 2009.
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