DNA tests on the body of a man killed in Jakarta prove beyond doubt he is Dulmatin, the last main suspect of the Bali bombings, Indonesian police say.
Police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri said Dulmatin had been a danger to Indonesia and other countries. Dulmatin was suspected of planning the 2002 attacks which killed 202 people. The police announcement follows similar comments from Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. He is currently visiting Australia.
About half of those killed were Australian, and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has praised Indonesia's anti-terror operations. Police had initially not determined whether the man they killed at an internet cafe in the capital on Tuesday was Dulmatin - there have been previous cases where bodies were incorrectly believed to be those of terror suspects.
But Mr Danuri said there was now no doubt. "From photographic evidence and DNA, we can confirm that the body of the man we shot at the internet cafe matches 100% with Dulmatin's," he said. "He had the capability to detonate bombs from a distance, and we thank God we have succeeded in catching and killing him because he was very dangerous here and to other countries."
But Mr Danuri warned that terror groups could be making a recovery in the region and warned Indonesians to remain alert to signs of militant activity. Dulmatin was alleged to be a leading member of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) a militant group with links to al-Qaeda - which has a long history of launching attacks in Indonesia and is blamed for the Bali attack.
He was killed in raids on Tuesday said to be linked to an ongoing operation against militants in Aceh province. The raids have also led to a number of arrests. His death was also confirmed by Mr Yudhoyono, who said Dulmatin was "one of the top south-east Asian terrorists that we have been looking for".
Mr Rudd praised Indonesia for its work to tackle terror groups.
"The breakthroughs which Indonesia has made in undermining various terrorist networks have been significant," he said, at a joint news conference with Mr Yudhoyono in Canberra.
"Our own law enforcement agencies, our own security agencies have worked in close partnerships with our Indonesian friends. But he warned that the "challenge of terrorism continues into the future" and that travel warnings remained in place for Australians. Indonesia's anti-terrorist forces have launched a series of raids nationwide after the discovery of an alleged Islamist militant training camp in the province of Aceh last month.
The BBC's Indonesia correspondent Karishma Vaswani says Dulmatin has been an elusive target. A few years ago, the Philippines army said he had been injured during a gun battle, but no-one could say for sure that he had been seriously hurt.
DNA tests were carried out on a body found in the southern Philippines in 2008, but it was confirmed not to be his. DNA tests had also been necessary to prove beyond doubt that Noordin Mohamed Top, at the time Indonesia's most-wanted Islamist militant, had been killed in September 2009.
Despite the killings and arrests, police chief Danuri warned that the "rejuvenation of these militants is being seen as a serious possibility".
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