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JAKARTA JW MARRIOT & RITZ CARLTON HOTEL BOMBING FROM CNN NEWS


JAKARTA, Indonesia Two explosions occurred at the Ritz Carlton and Marriott hotels respectively in Jakarta on Friday morning, July 17, 2009. killing at least four people and wounding at least 39 others. The first blast took place at 7:55 am Jakarta time (0055 GMT) and minutes later the second one occurred, local Metro TV reported. Two days ago, they checked into room 1808 at the swank JW Marriott Hotel — smuggling explosives past metal detectors and security guards. Behind the closed door, investigators say the suicide attackers then assembled the bombs set off Friday at the Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton next door. The blasts killed at least eight people and wounded more than 50 — and broke a four-year lull in terrorism in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. Although significantly weakened by a crackdown in recent years, the attacks indicated Islamic militants still have the means to mount deadly assaults, even in heavily protected areas of Indonesia’s capital. The bombings also exposed the challenge of securing luxury hotels frequented by Westerners, a popular target for terrorists. A group of more than a dozen executives with American and other Western companies was holding a regular Friday morning meeting near the Marriott restaurant where the explosives were detonated, and many of them were among the victims, hospital lists showed. At least eight Americans were among those injured in the two blasts. Indonesia was last hit by terrorists in October 2005, when three …

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