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Noordin Mohammad Top
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This is a 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".

Noordin Mohammad Top
Born 11 August 1968(1968-08-11)
Kluang, Johor, Malaysia
Died 17 September 2009 (aged 41)
Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
Status Deceased
Occupation Financier, alleged trainer of the splinter group of Jemaah Islamiyah

Noordin Mohammad Top (11 August 1968 – 17 September 2009), also referred to as (Noordin) Din Moch Top, Muh Top, or Mat Top, was Indonesia's most wanted Islamist militant.[1][2] 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 JI and set up a more violent splinter group Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad.[3] Noordin was reported by the FBI to be "an explosives expert". The FBI also has reported him to be "an officer, recruiter, bombmaker, and trainer for the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) group."[4]

Noordin and Azahari Husin were thought to have masterminded the 2003 JW Marriott hotel bombing in Jakarta, the 2004 Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta, the 2005 Bali bombings and the 2009 JW Marriott - Ritz-Carlton bombings,[5] and Noordin may have assisted in the 2002 Bali Bombings.[6]

Noordin, nicknamed "Moneyman", was an indoctrinator who was specialized in recruiting militants into becoming suicide bombers and collecting funds for militant activities.[7]

Having long since been wanted by Malaysian and Indonesian authorities, in 2006, he also became listed on the FBI's third major "wanted" list, the FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list.[8]

He was killed during a police raid in Solo, Central Java, on 17 September 2009.[9]