Jakarta hotel blasts claim 12 lives

July 25th, 2009 JAKARTA - The discovery of a third bomb at Jakarta's JW Marriott hotel, planted to explode before two massive blasts killed nine people, has sparked speculation that Islamist terrorists intended to kill more people. The explosion of the first bomb on the 18th floor of the hotel would have caused guests to run downstairs into the ground floor public areas where a suicide bomber could have been waiting, The Age reports.

July 19th, 2009 JAKARTA - Indonesian police said Sunday one of the suicide bombers in Friday's hotel attacks in Jakarta had been identified, and blamed a regional terrorist group. National police spokesman Nana Sukarna said the perpetrators of the bombings were from Al Qaeda-linked South-East Asia group Jemaah Islamiyah, because of similarities in the bombs used.

July 17th, 2009 Man U scraps Indonesia match after hotel blastsKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Manchester United canceled a planned visit to Indonesia after Friday's bomb attack on the hotel where the team was due to stay in Jakarta. The English Premier League club was booked to stay Saturday and Sunday nights at the Ritz-Carlton, one of the two hotels hit by suicide bombers.

July 17th, 2009 Officials: 6 dead, 36 wounded in Indonesian blastsJAKARTA, Indonesia — A pair of powerful bombs exploded at two luxury hotels in an upscale Jakarta business district Friday, killing 6 and wounding at least 36, officials said. The blasts at the neighboring Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels blew out windows and scattered debris and glass across the street.

July 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - At least four people were killed and several injured in explosions at Ritz Carlton and Marriott hotels here Friday morning, a media report said. The first blast took place at 7.55 a.m.

July 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - Latest reports in Indonesian capital Jakarta say that the death toll in two bomb blasts at luxury hotels on Friday has gone up from nine to twelve, while the injured list is still pegged at 50. A foreign news agency also reported that police in neighbouring Malaysia have stepped up security in major hotels and shopping malls across the country in the wake of the bombings.

July 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - Two powerful explosions hit the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels Friday morning in the Indonesian capital, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens of others, police and the security minister said. Six bodies were found in Jakara's Marriott hotel, two in the nearby Ritz-Carlton and another victim died in hospital after the blasts, which took place during the hotels' busy breakfast time, chief security minister Widodo Adisucipto said.

July 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - At least nine people, including some foreigners, were killed and about 50 people were injured in two bomb blasts at luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Friday. Police said one explosion hit the Ritz-Carlton, ripping off its facade, and the other the Marriott Hotel.

July 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - Two powerful explosions hit the JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels in the Indonesian capital Friday morning, killing at least six people and injuring dozens of others, police and media reports said. Jakarta police spokesman Chrysnanda said six people were confirmed dead in the apparent attack, but media reports put the death toll at eight, including four foreigners.

July 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - At least eight people were killed in two powerful explosions at the JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels Friday morning in the Indonesian capital, media reports said. Jakarta police officials said four foreigners died in the apparent attack, but media reports put the toll at eight.

July 17th, 2009 Officials: 6 dead, 18 injured in Indonesian blastsJAKARTA, Indonesia — Police and hospital officials say six people have been killed and at least 18 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.

July 17th, 2009 Officials: 6 dead, 18 wounded in Indonesian blastsJAKARTA, Indonesia — A pair of powerful bombs exploded at two luxury hotels in an upscale Jakarta business district Friday, killing 6 and wounding at least 29, officials said. The blasts at the neighboring Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels blew out windows and scattered debris and glass across the street.

July 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - Two people were killed in another explosion in north Jakarta just two hours after blasts in two luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital killed at least six people Friday, reports said. A bomb-laden car exploded at a freeway gate of Muara Angke of north Jakarta around 10.30 a.m., killing two people and injuring several others, local television channels reported.

July 17th, 2009 Official: 9 dead, 50 wounded in Jakarta blastsJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's security minister says nine people have been killed and 50 wounded in hotel blasts in downtown Jakarta. The minister says a New Zealander was among those killed.

May 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least two people were killed and 60 injured in two back-to-back blasts in busy areas of Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, media reports said. The blasts occurred in Qisa Khwani and Kabari Bazar of Peshawar, the capital of the militancy-infested North West Frontier Province, within minutes of each other, Geo TV reported.