Jatiasih (Indonesia), Aug 8 (DPA) One of Asia's most-wanted men, Islamic militant Noordin Mohammed Top, was killed after 18 hours of armed standoff with Indonesian anti-terrorism police in Central Java Saturday, local television reported.

Police believe Malaysian-born Noordin was the mastermind behind bomb attacks on two Jakarta luxury hotels last month, which killed nine people including two suicide bombers.

TV One channel, citing police sources at the scene, said Noordin was killed in a raid on a house in a remote village in Temanggung district after a siege that lasted 18 hours.

Police and up to four militants, including the man believed to be Noordin, had been engaged in an exchange of gunfire outside the house in a village in Temanggung district since Friday evening.

Noordin was killed after being holed up in a bathroom with serious injuries, said TV One, which provided an exclusive coverage of the siege.

The televised footage showed officers setting up a police line outside the house and shaking hands with each other.

Television earlier showed police explosive-detection robots equipped with cameras entering the house and several explosions were heard.

Snipers fired on the roof of the house from a hill, TV One said.