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| At Least 4 Dead in Bomb Explosions at Hotels in Indonesia | ||
| 2009-07-17 | ||
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Police say at least 4 foreigners were killed. 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.
Nine people were killed and at least 50 were wounded after two powerful bombs exploded at a pair of luxury hotels in an upscale Jakarta business district Friday, Indonesian officials said. The police operational chief Arief Wahyunadi said the bombs were planted in the Ritz-Carlton's Air Langga restaurant and the basement of the Marriott, which was attacked in 2003. Twelve people died in that assault, which was blamed on Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah. The Manchester United football team was scheduled to stay at the Ritz on Saturday and Sunday nights for a friendly match against the Indonesian All Stars, the Indonesian Football association said. Because of past attacks, most major hotels in Jakarta take security precautions, such as checking incoming vehicles and requiring visitors to pass through metal detectors. | ||
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #11 If there is one unexploded bomb (in addition to the two exploded and the non bomb explosion), it could still make the police work a lot easier. |
| Posted by: Lord garth 2009-07-17 11:14 |
| #10 Apparantly there was also a car bomb detonated near a Shopping Centre approximately 2 hours after these attacks took place. But the Indonesian 'Police' are now claiming that it was due to a faulty Truck battery.. That's some major malfunction, lol. More info on that @: http://www.smh.com.au/world/unexploded-bomb-found-after-jakarta-hotel-bombings-kill-at-least--9-20090717-dnkd.html |
| Posted by: Oztralian 2009-07-17 10:08 |
| #9 good thing DCIA Panetta cancelled that "killing terrorist honchos" thing. Thanks, Dems! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-07-17 09:41 |
| #8 Red Devils canceled Indonesian tour. |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-07-17 03:32 |
| #7 The car bomb may have been a faulty battery. |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-07-17 02:59 |
| #6 Another report says the third bomb was at a toll road gate. So it appears one terrorist group blew themselves up. |
| Posted by: Phil_B 2009-07-17 00:43 |
| #5 A third bomb at a shopping centre and 11 dead. |
| Posted by: Phil_B 2009-07-17 00:36 |
| #4 Damn Methodists ! (can't possibly be he religion of peace...) |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-07-17 00:32 |
| #3 Last count of dead I saw was 6, many more injured. As Phil says, it will go up. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-07-17 00:25 |
| #2 It appears the death toll will rise. |
| Posted by: Phil_B 2009-07-17 00:21 |
| #1 B..b...b...b...but this can't be. Home Boy Barry Sotero is in the White House now. He's supposed to engender the love, admiration, and respect of the There must be some mistake. Maybe they don't like being jilted in favor of the Urdu poets? Or the great Russian innovators? Hey, Barry, you big surrender monkey, can you take a break from destroying America - long enough to see if you can placate the mad Islamic bombers? I mean, you've got at least a few more months before you can bring on the total meltdown of the US financial system, no matter how hard you try. So - polish up your teleprompter, and see what you can do about apologizing enough for America existing to make all the bad men go away. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2009-07-17 00:15 |