Friday, July 17, 2009

Jakarta: Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels bomb attack

At least 4 foreigners were killed in bomb attacks that took place in Jakarta, Indonesia. Two luxury hotels - Ritz-Carlton and Marriott - were hit by blast. Marriott was attacked also in 2003 when 12 people died. The explosion ripped off the facade of Ritz-Carlton hotel and because the windows of the second floor were blown out, it is thought that the blast occured inside the hotel. Futhermore the police found an unexploded bomb at the 18th floor of Marriott. According to witnesses and authorities the first bomb exploded at Ritz-Carlton at 7:48 a.m and five minutes later a loud boom was heard at Marriott at 7:53 a.m (local time). Early after the blasts five bodies were found at and one fatality at J. W. Marriott. Manchester United football team was scheduled to check in ar Ritz-Carlton next Sunday but the terrorist acts made them cancel the trip to Jakarta.
Update: Death toll raised to 6 and 16 of those (50) wounded are foreigners. Along with the victims can be counted also 2 killed bombers at both hotels.
Thick smoke can be seen rising from Ritz-Carlton (left picture) as well as blown-out windows of the same hotel (right image). In the video (below) a terryfing CCTV footage of the Marriott explosion caught on tape.

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