Bombs explode at 2 hotels in Indonesian capital

The Timaru Herald ^

[Xth Legion]

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Bombs have exploded at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels in the Indonesian capital on Friday, ripping the facade off the Ritz. Police say at least four people are injured.

Debris and shattered glass littered the street outside the neighboring hotels in an upscale Jakarta neighborhood. Ambulances were being shuttled into the area.

A man jogging by the hotels said he first heard a loud explosion at the Marriott. Five minutes later, a bomb followed at the Ritz.

Alex Asmasubrata said he saw four bodies inside the Marriott. One had its stomach blown out. An Associated Press reporter saw three injured taken away from the Ritz.

Police, however, would only confirm four people were injured.

The Marriott hotel was attacked in 2003, when 12 died. Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah was blamed in that blast.

[Xth Legion]

Breaking News

[stephenjohnbanker]

Why I never went to Jakarta when I lived in asia ;-)

[ncfool]

I can only imagine that it Israeli terroists that bombed the Ritz and Marriott.

[Paladin2]

Mormons?

[ncfool]

Not mormon’s this time. Jews!

[CaliforniaCon]

RE: “Mormons?”

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Oh, yes, without a doubt! /s

[csvset]

From the BBC:

'Fatal' blasts hit Jakarta hotels

At least four people have been killed in two separate explosions at luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, reports say.

The country's Metro TV reported that one blast hit the Ritz-Carlton and the other, the Marriott Hotel.

At least three people were injured in the Marriott blast, the Associated Press quoted police as saying.

One witness told Reuters some windows on the lowers floors of the Ritz-Carlton hotel had been shattered.

"There were explosions heard from two separate places, one the JW Marriott, the other in the Ritz Carlton," South Jakarta Police Chief Firman Santyabudi told AP.

"We are still trying to check because right now we are still helping the victims," he said.

[csvset]

This Jakarta Globe exclusive photo show smoke rising from the bomb site at the Marriott

[AmericanInTokyo]

Getting just a little sick and tired of those Theravada Bhuddists and their antics!

[VicVega]

It was Amish.

There is a direct horse and buggy trail to Jakarta from the US.

[ncfool]

Israel got confused and thought it was Iran. Gee! Bibi said it it was a county with an I-Name

[VicVega]

Just a warm up pitch.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Those discarded streudels and hex signs next to the bomb wiring is what gave them away.

[mojo114]

Would you explain your comment.

[VicVega]

discarded streudels

I about lost it. LOL

[libh8er]

Is the Madrassah where Baraq received his early Koranic education ok ?

[exit82]

Those Plain people sure are sneaky. They probably used a rickshaw as a getaway to hide their usual M.O.

Oh, and before I forget, Democrats are the enemy of freedom.

[VicVega]

Oh, and before I forget, Democrats are the enemy of freedom.

And they have some friends in the GOP that side with them.

[BallyBill]

I have no idea why Ritz or Marriott would even have hotels in Indonesia. Do people actually travel TO there? I guess I need to get out of Pennsylvania more often.

[AmericanInTokyo]

And how's that "Cairo Speech To The Muslim Street" olive branch thingy, Mr. Teleprompter, working out these days? Hmmm???