**Indonesian police hunting terror suspect Noordin Mohamed Top have been involved in a shoot-out with suspected militants, reports say.**There has been no confirmation that the exchange of fire on Java involved Noordin - one of south-east Asia’s top terror suspects.
But unconfirmed reports on Indonesian TV said that Noordin had been arrested.
He is suspected of involvement in last month’s bombings of two hotels in Jakarta and the 2002 Bali blasts.
He was thought to be a key recruiter and financier for a regional Islamist militant group, Jemaah Islamiah, but has now formed his own militant group.
A lull in militant attacks since 2005 came to an end in July with suicide attacks on two hotels in Jakarta, raising concerns that Noordin was becoming active again.
Friday’s shoot-out took place in a village in central Java, police said.
TV reports said police had closed off an area of 1 sq km and had arrested two people, but the raid was still going on.
Correspondents say the search for Noordin has focused on central Java because he is believed to have a network of sympathisers there.