Friday, July 17, 2009

Jakarta hotel blasts kill 8, wound 50




At least nine people have been killed and many wounded in explosions at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta..






CCTV recording of Ritz Carlton / JW Marriott Jakarta bombing suspect prior to the explosion





Investigators say the bombers had checked in to the Marriott on Wednesday and assembled the bombs in a room on the 18th floor, where an unexploded device was found after the blasts. CCTV cameras recorded the moment of the Marriott blast; grainy images show a man pulling a bag on wheels across the lobby before the flash of the explosion.


The bombs went off in the hotels' restaurants during breakfast. Witnesses reported seeing bloodied bodies being carried away moments after the explosions, which turned the facades of both hotels into masses of twisted metal. Others said they had seen hundreds of guests, most of whom appeared to be westerners, emerge dazed from the Ritz-Carlton as plumes of thick smoke engulfed nearby buildings and restaurants. "There were bodies on the ground, one of them had no stomach," said a local man."

The attacks came as Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, appeared to be re-establishing itself as a tourist destination. They were the first in the country since 2005, when 20 people died in blasts on the resort island of Bali.

Indonesia's president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, condemned the attack as "cruel and inhuman" and vowed to hunt down the perpetrators. Yudhoyono, who was reelected last week, has been credited with bringing peace and stability to a country that had become a target for Islamist militants."[The bombers] do not have a sense of humanity and do not care about the destruction of our country, because this terror act will have a wide impact on our economy, our business climate, our tourism, our image in the world and many others," he said.

Suicide bombers kill eight and injure at least 50 in attack on Jakarta hotels.Explosions ripped through two luxury hotels in Jakarta Friday, killing eight and wounding at least 50 more, ending a four-year lull in terror attacks in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. At least 18 foreigners were among the dead and wounded.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton condemned the bombings as reflecting “the viciousness of violent extremists” and said they “remind us that the threat of terrorism remains very real.”

The Australian prime minister, Kevin Rudd, said he was "sick in the stomach as I think all Australians would feel sick in the stomach. Australians accounted for 88 of the victims in the 2002 attacks on Bali.

President Barack Obama said: "These attacks make it clear that extremists remain committed to murdering innocent men, women and children of any faith in all countries."



Below is the related 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing South Jakarta using Car bomb

Indonesia sucide explosion - warning hard pictures (WARNING UNCENSORED NEWS/images)



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