Indonesian police say Australians Nathan Verity and Garth McEvoy also died.
Their countryman, diplomat Craig Senger, was at the same breakfast meeting. He is missing and feared dead.
A health ministry report said a Singaporean and an Indonesian were also confirmed dead.
At least 17 foreigners were among the wounded, including eight Americans.
Other foreign nationals wounded included visitors from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea and the UK.
Have you seen the numbers for the Indonesian casualties? (I briefly looked around but haven’t yet seen them).
We treat the Indonesian casualties (deaths and injuries) as if they are nonexistent and (i.e., “insignificant”), but in fact the JI terror bombings stopped for many years **precisely** due to the fact that in the first JW Marriot bombing Indonesian Muslim casualties were ***80 to 90 percent*** of the total.
And even though it was greatly under-reported (in fact almost not reported at all in the Western press), the Bali bombing produced 300 to 400 Indonesian casualties.
300 to 400! And it was barely reported!
It is worth thinking about that in this recent incident, the Jakarta Post ran several stories about the local impact on Jakartans, with the city shopping malls being a big concern. Luckily nothing happened (yet).
Thanks Fred Nerks!
Thanks Fred Nerks!