Indonesia Bomb Blast Kills 6, Wounds 36 – Live Video Of Explosion Added
Jul 16, 2009 4 Comments ›› Erik Wong
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Police and hospital officials say six people have been killed and at least 36 injured in a pair of powerful blasts in downtown Jakarta.
Dr. Cahyonod at the Jakarta Hospital said six people were killed in explosions at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels Friday morning.
South Jakarta police Col. Firman Bundi earlier said that four of the dead were foreigners.
At the Metropolitan Medical Center, a list was posted with the names of 36 people wounded. An official at the registration office said 11 were foreigners. She declined to give her name because she was not authorized to speak to the media.
The blasts at the neighboring Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels blew out windows and scattered debris and glass across the street.
Alex Asmasubrata, who was jogging by the hotels, said he first heard a loud explosion at the Marriott. Five minutes later, a bomb followed at the Ritz.
The Marriott hotel was attacked in 2003, when 12 died, but it has been more than three years since a major terrorist attack in Indonesia.
Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah was blamed in that blast, but there has been a massive crackdown by anti-terror officials, and it has been more than three years since a major terrorist attack in Indonesia and the network.
(AP)
