Nine killed in blasts at Jakarta luxury hotels (BBC video included)

jakarta blast hotelJAKARTA - Two powerful explosions ripped through 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.

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